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Pressey's new silent-reading test

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A silent-reading assessment devised by S. L. Pressey in which junior-high learners cross out a word that disrupts the meaning or truth of each paragraph, validated against pooled teacher ratings of reading ability.

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  • 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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title Pressey's new silent-reading test
description A silent-reading assessment devised by S.
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