Computerized Pre-Professional Skills Test: Reading (5710)

I. Literal Comprehension

Literal comprehension content measures the ability to understand accurately and completely what is directly stated in a written message.

1. Main Ideas
   1. Identify summaries or paraphrases of the main idea or primary purpose of a reading selection

2. Supporting Ideas
   1. Identify summaries or paraphrases of the supporting ideas and specific details in a reading selection

3. Organization
   1. Identify how a reading selection is organized in terms of cause/effect, compare/contrast, problem/solution, etc.
   2. Identify key transition words and phrases in a reading selection and how they are used

4. Vocabulary in Context
   1. Identify the meanings of words as they are used in the context of a reading selection