The article shows the results of a research aimed at building and validating a reading attitude scale for an audience of secondary education students. The scale has been tested on a sample of 14-15 years-old students (n = 2861). It appears to be a quite reliable scale, and to measure reading attitudes in a valid way. Moreover, the scale seems to be poorly sensitive to compliance effects and acquiescence, at least in the context of French-speaking Belgian Community.