The Measurement and Evaluation of Achievement in Reading

A carefully compiled list of tests employed in measuring reading attainments and diagnosing difficulties will be found in G. H. Hildreth. A Bibliography of Mental Tests and Rating Scales. (The Psychological Corporation: New York, 1933, 242 pp.)

An excellent review of literature dealing with upper-grade, high-school, and college levels will be found in Woodring M. N. , and Flemming C. W. . Directing Study of High School Pupils. (Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University: New York, 1935, 253 pp.)

Following are representative general references; see also references at the end of Chapter XIII.

Betts Emmett A. The Prevention and Correction of Reading Difficidties. (Row, Peterson and Company: Evanston, Illinois, 1936, 402 pp.)

Broening A. M. , Law F. H. , Wilkinson M. S. , and Ziegler C. L. Reading for Skill (Noble and Noble, Inc.: New York, 399 pp.)

Brueckner L. J. , and Melby E. O. Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching. (Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston, 1931. Pp. 1–159, 247–332)

Dolch Edward William . The Psychology and Teaching of Reading. (Ginn and Company: Boston, 1931. Pp. 210–253)

Educational Diagnosis. Thirty-Fourth Yearbook of this Society. (Public School Publishing Company: Bloomington, Illinois, 1936. 563 pp.)

Gates A. I. The Improvement of Reading. Revised edition. (The Macmillan Company: New York, 1935. 668 pp.)

Gray William S. Improving Instruction in Reading: An Experimental Study (with assistance of Gertrude Whipple). (The University of Chicago Press: Chicago. 226 pp.)

Gray William S. Provision for the Individual in College Education. (University of Chicago Press: Chicago, 1932. Pp. 144–148)

Greene Harry A. , and Jorgensen Albert N. The Use and Interpretation of Elementary School Tests. (Longmans, Green and Company: New York, 1936) Especially Chapter XIII.

Harrison M. Lucile . Reading Readiness. (Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston, 1936. 166 pp.)

Lincoln E. A. , and Workman L. L. Testing and the Uses of Test Results. (The Macmillan Company: New York, 1935. 317 pp.)

McCallister J. M. Remedial and Corrective Instruction in Reading. (D. Appleton-Century Company: New York, 1936. 300 pp.)

McKee Paul . Reading and Literature in the Elementary School. (Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston, 1934. 589 pp.)

Report of the National Committee on Reading. Twenty-Fourth Yearbook of this Society, Part I. Pp. 227–289. (Public School Publishing Company: Bloomington, Illinois, 1925)

Smith H. L. , and Wright W. W. Tests and Measurements. (Silver Burdett Company: Newark, 1928)

Traxler Arthur E. The Measurement and Improvement of Silent Reading at the Junior-High-School Level. (University of Chicago Libraries: Chicago, 1932)

Tyler R. W. Constructing Achievement Tests. (University of Ohio: Columbus, Ohio, 1934. 102 pp.)

Woody C. , and Sangren Paul V. Administration of the Testing Program. (World Book Company: Yonkers, N. Y., 1932. 397 pp.)