Amanda M. Marcotte|John M. Hintze
Incremental and predictive utility of formative assessment methods of reading comprehension
University of Massachusetts Amherst|University of Massachusetts Amherst
formative assessment measures commonly used schools assess reading design instruction accordingly purpose research investigate incremental concurrent validity formative assessment measures reading comprehension hypothesized formative measures reading comprehension would contribute understanding students overall reading abilities simply oral reading fluency orf also hypothesized measures could modeled meaningful way explain student performance criterion measures academic competence four formative measures reading comprehension maze mz retell fluency rtf written retell wrt sentence verification technique svt used measure unique aspects reading comprehension productiontype responses results suggested reading comprehension measures combined orf added total variance associated reading ability reliable indicators student performance high stakes criterionreferenced assessment gradelevel literacy