Most reading tests fail to differentiate rate from comprehension¶

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q2 i? Rate tests correlate about equally with comprehension composites as with rate composites, and vice versa. → Arthur I. Gates 1921

Evidence¶

Arthur I. Gates 1921¶

Arthur I. Gates. (1921). An Experimental and Statistical Study of Reading and Reading tests (Concluded). The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0064253

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The article's summary conclusion II.A.5 states that "the so-called 'rate' tests measure comprehension as well as rate, and the so-called 'comprehension' tests measure rate as well as comprehension," based on the grade-level correlation tables.

"Most of the tests do not differentiate rate from comprehension for the correlations of rate tests with the composite of compre- hension are about the same as with the composite of rate, and the correlations of comprehension tests are about the same with rate as with comprehension."

Discussion¶

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