Median scores on the Kansas Silent Reading Tests are available for more than 100,000 pupils across 160 cities, organized by grade and region.¶
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q2 i? Median scores for grades 3 through 12 were computed from reports on more than 100,000 pupils in 160 cities using the Kansas Silent Reading Tests. → Monroe 1917
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Monroe 1917¶
Monroe, W. S. (1917). A report on the use of the Kansas Silent Reading Tests with over one hundred thousand children. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Kansas+Silent+Reading+Tests
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Administrative report on statewide test use by the Bureau of Educational Measurements and Standards during 1915-'16 and 1916-'17. The report states "reports have been received from more than 100,000 pupils in 160 cities", with medians per grade printed in Table I.
"Out of the total number of tests distributed, reports have been received from more than 100,000 pupils in 160 cities."
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Related Claims¶
- Regional medians vary: Iowa scores are conspicuously above the total medians, South Atlantic states lowest, Western states among the highest. — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Merely having taken the Kansas Silent Reading Test once does not greatly influence a pupil's second score. — related
- The apparent lack of increase in silent reading scores from grade 5 to grade 6 is probably an artifact of the change from Test I to Test II. — related
- Rate of silent reading rises most rapidly in grades 2, 3 and 4, while quality of silent reading increases at about the same rate throughout the grades. — related
- Twelve-year-old pupils score a median of 23 on all three test forms — related
- The Kansas Silent Reading Tests appear to measure quality of silent reading (comprehension) rather than rate. — related
- 86% of Detroit prevocational pupils fall below the third-grade level in silent reading — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
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Median scores on the Kansas Silent Reading Tests are available for more than 100,000 pupils across 160 cities, organized by grade and region. |
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Median scores on the Kansas Silent Reading Tests are available for more than 100,000 pupils across 160 cities, organized by grade and region. |
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