Merely having taken the Kansas Silent Reading Test once does not greatly influence a pupil's second score.¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Comparing two sets of scores from cities that retook the tests shows second scores were conspicuously higher in some cases and lower in others, suggesting mere acquaintance with the test does not greatly influence a second score. → 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

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Analysis of Table II, which gives two sets of median scores for several cities that administered the tests twice and reported both sets. Drilling on the test type, however, would doubtless raise second scores, per the author.

"The facts of this table suggest that the pupil's acquaintance with the tests, through merely having taken it, does not greatly influence a second score."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• 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
• Median scores on the Kansas Silent Reading Tests are available for more than 100,000 pupils across 160 cities, organized by grade and region. — related
• A test score represents a pupil's performance under given conditions, not the pupil's ability, and conditions vary with the examiner and the pupil. — a broader claim this one bears on