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The Influence of Timing and Instructions on Cooperative Reading Test Scores

Author(s):
Frederiksen, Norman O.
Publication Year:
1951
Report Number:
RB-51-04
Source:
ETS Research Bulletin
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
14
Subject/Key Words:
Cooperative English Tests, Cooperative Tests, English Tests, Reading Comprehension Tests, Reading Tests, Test Instructions, Test Speededness, Timed Tests

Abstract

Separate timing of Parts I and II of the Cooperative English Test C2: Reading Comprehension produced no significant changes in the means and standard deviations of the reading test scores, in the predictive value of the scores, their intercorrelations, or their correlations with other predictive measures. Similar findings were found for the study of the effect of modified instructions for Part II which required the student to read the questions about the selections before reading the selections.

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