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Children and Reading Tests
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Clifford Hill, Eric Larsen
Book Code: ABP4450
ISBN: 1-56750-445-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-56750-445-3
Ablex Publishing
Publication: 2/16/2000
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Hardcover
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Description: The increasing reliance of our educational system on standardized tests has precipitated a national debate. This debate, however, has proceeded with little attention to the tests themselves. This book makes a scholarly contribution to the debate by using the methods of discourse analysis to examine not only representative material from reading tests but also children's responses to it. The book is particularly attentive to the role of culture in shaping children's understanding of what they read.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Context of Study
  • Testing Reader Parsimony
  • Truncated Narratives
  • Excerpted Narratives
  • Gapped Narratives
  • Testing Reader Flexibility
  • Shifting Frames
  • Resolving Polarites
  • Changing Registers
  • Conclusions
  • Implications of the Study
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
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