Abstract

GUIMARAES, Silvia Brilhante  and  MOUSINHO, Renata. Do all reading comprehension tests evaluate the same construct?. Rev. psicopedag. [online]. 2019, vol.36, n.110, pp. 212-221. ISSN 0103-8486.

There is a tendency to consider text comprehension tests as if they are all measuring the same construct. The aim of the study is to discuss, through evidence from empirical studies, the assumed assumption that different types of text comprehension tests measure different underlying abilities. Firstly, it was approached from a theoretical point of view. The empirical evidence of international studies shows that there are variations in the contributions of basic skills (such as word decoding) and those related to linguistic comprehension, in the different tests of text comprehension: Cloze, recto, multiple choice and open questions. Then conclude that there should be caution in the choices of text comprehension tests, keeping in mind exactly what one wishes to evaluate.

Keywords : Measures; Reading Comprehension; Evaluation.

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