Assessing Reading Comprehension and Related Skills
9.1 Reading Comprehension Tests
Learning Intentions
After viewing this module session participants will be able to:
- identify the different ways that reading comprehension can be evaluated
based upon the nature of the tests
- interpret reading comprehension tests in the context of a student’s overall reading skill profile.
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Watch the session below.
*Please see the Transcripts resource folder located in Module 0 for a text copy of the transcript from this video.
Summary
- Reading
comprehension tests vary by format and length of individual test items
- Format
and passage length affect outcomes and are also affected differently by
word-reading skills and oral language comprehension skills
- Best practices involve the use of multiple reading comprehension test formats and interpreting results in light of a student’s word-reading skills and oral language comprehension
Reflect & Connect
What reading comprehension subtests do you use? How might you use or interpret them differently?