A Comparison of Three Reading Tests for Determining Reading Grade Level of Navy Recruits [microform] / Paul L. Jones and Bonnie J. Armitage
- Bib ID:
- 5445352
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Jones, Paul L
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1984
- 17 p.
- Summary:
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Having implemented a testing procedure using the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests to identify recruits with reading deficiencies, the United States Navy conducted a study comparing the performance of recruits on three different reading tests. A total of 716 recruits completed the comprehension portion of the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests, the Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE), and the Nelson-Denny Reading Tests. The results of the tests showed that the mean scores for the Gates-MacGinitie and the TABE, 11.04 and 10.32 respectively, were significantly different from the 9.65 mean score for the Nelson-Denny. The Nelson-Denny Reading Tests yielded a wider range of variability among the scores of the individual respondents as reflected by the standard deviation than did the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests or the TABE. Thus, the Nelson-Denny Tests did not appear to have any advantage over the reading tests currently being used by the Navy to measure recruit reading grade level. The Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests have a number of test levels designed for particular grade levels, which the TABE does not have. The data suggest that the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests are best suited for the Navy's program. (HTH)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association (New Orleans, LA, November 14-16, 1984).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Armitage, Bonnie J, author
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- ERIC
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