Comprehending the Gray Oral Reading Test without reading It: Why comprehension tests should not include passage-independent items

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-380

  Keenan, Janice M ^a   Betjemann, Rebecca S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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EID: 33749866161     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532799xssr1004_2     Document Type: Article

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