Measuring Up: Advances in How We Assess Reading Ability

John Sabatini; Elizabeth Albro; Tenaha O&#039;Reilly

doi:10.5771/9781607094876

Summary

In recent decades, the science of reading acquisition has been advancing through interdisciplinary research in cognitive, psycholinguistic, developmental, genetic, neuroscience, cross-language, and experimental comparison studies of effective instruction. Some of the science of reading has emerged from the theory and research into the realm of practice and policy. Yet the science and practice of measuring “reading comprehension” has remained relatively immune to much of this foundational knowledge. Measuring Up questions the traditional format of reading comprehension tests, typically a single series of questions asked about a series of passages, and offers ideas and innovations we might expect in a next generation of 21st century reading assessments.

Sabatini, Albro, and O'Reilly believe that in light of the move towards Common Core State Standards and assessments, as well as significant national investments in reading and literacy education, it is a critical and opportune time to bring together the research and measurement community to address fundamental issues of measuring reading comprehension, both in theory and in practice.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2012
Copyright Year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-1-60709-486-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-60709-487-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 160
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. List of Tables No access
4. Preface No access
5. Acknowledgments No access
6. Introduction No access
1. Ch01. Reading Comprehension: A Conceptual Framework fromWord Meaning to Text Meaning No access
2. Ch02. Psychological Models of Reading Comprehension and TheirImplications for Assessment No access
3. Ch03. Individual and Developmental Differences in Reading Comprehension: AssessingCognitive Processes and Outcomes No access
4. Ch04. Reading Comprehension Development from Seven to Fourteen Years:Implications for Assessment No access
5. Ch05. Measure for Measure: Challenges in Assessing Reading Comprehension1 No access
6. Ch06. Sources of Text Difficulty: Across Genres and Grades No access
1. Ch07. How Research on Reading and Research on Assessment AreTransforming Reading Assessment (orif They Aren’t, How They Ought To) No access
2. Ch08. Psychological versus Psychometric Dimensionality in Reading Assessment No access
Conclusion. Moving Forward on Reading Assessment No access Pages 153 - 158
Measuring Up: Advances in How We Assess Reading Ability: Editor Biographies No access Pages 159 - 160