It has been repeatedly shown that children are able to guess at the correct answer for multiple choice reading comprehension questions with a likelihood of success which considerably exceeds chance as defined by 1/k, where k equals the number of response options. One factor in determining how seriously this fact tends to invalidate standardized comprehension tests is the degree to which children are prone to answer questions without reading the passage from which these questions were derived. This study attempts to obtain information in regard to children's willingness to skip passages when answering reading comprehension questions.
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