The Kansas Silent Reading Tests appear to measure quality of silent reading (comprehension) rather than rate.¶

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Currency · newest study 1917 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? The shape of the Kansas test progress curve corresponds closely to the quality curve, suggesting the Kansas scores are measures of the quality of silent reading rather than the rate. → Monroe 1917

Evidence¶

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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Comparative inference drawn from comparing the Fig. 1 curve with the Gray test curves in Figs. 2 and 3. The author judges it probably safe to think of the Kansas test as placing more emphasis upon comprehension than upon rate.

"This fact suggests that the scores made on the Kansas Silent Reading Tests are measures of the quality of silent reading rather than the rate of silent reading."

Discussion¶

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