The new silent-reading test combines rate and comprehension scores into a single score via partial regression equations on teacher-rated reading ability¶

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q1 i? Rate score and comprehension score are being combined into a single silent-reading score using partial regression equations of each on independently judged reading ability, a step the authors call particularly important. → E. B. Skaggs 1918

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E. B. Skaggs 1918¶

E. B. Skaggs. (1918). The Correlation of General Intelligence Tests and School Standing. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org/journal/edu

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A methodological report on test development at Indiana University: the scale is being compared with other reading tests by correlation with an independent statement of reading ability based on pooled ratings from four teachers for each child in a large junior high school. The scientific combination of the two scores is felt to be a particularly important feature.

"rate score and comprehension score are being combined into a single score in silent reading by means of the partial regression equations of rate score and comprehension score on reading ability, as thus judged."

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