TESTING READING SKILLS: A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY



ASSESSING SECOND LANGUAGE READING SKILLS:

SELECTED REFERENCES

(Last updated January 22, 2010)

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Alderson, J.C. (2000). Assessing reading. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Alderson, C.J., & Urquhart, A.H. (1985). The effect of students’ academic discipline on their performance on ESP reading tests. Language Testing, 2 (2), 192-204.

Allan, A. (1992). Development and validation of a scale to measure test-wiseness in EFL/ESL reading test takers. Language Testing, 9 (2), 101-122.

Anderson, N.J., Bachman, L., Perkins, K., & Cohen, A. (1991). An exploratory study into the construct validity of a reading comprehension test: Triangulation of data scores. Language Testing, 8 (1), 41-66.

Bachman, L.F., & Palmer, A.S. (1981). A multi-method investigation into the construct validity of six tests of speaking and reading. In A.S. Palmer, P. Groot, & G. Trosper (Eds.), The construct validation of tests of communicative competence (pp. 149-165). Washington, DC: TESOL.

Bensoussan, M. (1982). Testing and the test of EFL reading comprehension: To what extent does the difficulty of a multiple-choice comprehension test reflect the difficulty of the text? System, 10 (3), 285-290.

Bensoussan, M. (1984). A comparison of cloze and multiple-choice reading comprehension tests of English as a foreign language. Language Testing, 1 (1), 105-108.

Bensoussan, M. & Ramraz, R. (1984). Testing EFL reading comprehension using a multiple-choice rational cloze. Modern Language Journal, 68 (3), 230-39.

Bussis, A.M., & Chittenden, E.A. (1987). Research currents: What the reading tests neglected. Language Arts, 64 (3), 302-308.

Cabello B. (1984). Cultural interference in reading comprehension: An alternative explanation. Bilingual Review, 11 (1), 12-20.

Canale, M. (1986). The promise and threat of computerized adaptive assessment of reading comprehension. In C.W. Stansfield (Ed.), Technology and language testing (pp. 29-45). Washington, DC: TESOL.

Champeau de Lopez, C. L., Marchi, G.B., & Arreaza-Coyle, M.E. (1997). A taxonomy: Evaluating reading comprehension in EFL. Forum, 35 (2), 30-45.

Cheng, L., & Gao, L. (2002). Passage dependence in standardized reading comprehension: Exploring the College English Test. Asian Journal of English Language Teaching, 12, 1-14.

Choi, I., & Bachman, L.F. (1992). An investigation into the adequacy of three IRT models for data from two EFL reading tests. Language Testing, 9 (1), 51-78.

Connor, U., & Read, C. (1978). Passage dependency in ESL reading comprehension tests. Language Learning, 28 (1), 149-157.

Davies, A. (1975). Two tests of speeded reading. In R.L. Jones & B. Spolsky (Eds.), Testing language proficiency (pp. 119-131). Arlington, VA: Center for Applied Linguistics.

Deville, C., & Chalhoub-Deville, M. (1993). Modified scoring, traditional item analysis and Sato’s caution index used to investigate the reading recall protocol. Language Testing, 10 (2), 117-132.

Doerr, N. (1980). The effects of agreement/disagreement on cloze scores. In J.W. Oller & K. Perkins (Eds.), Research in language testing (pp. 134-141). Rowley, MA: Newbury House.

Dollerup, C., Glahn, E., & Hansen, C.R. (1994). ‘Sprogtest’: A smart test (or how to develop a reliable and anonymous EFL reading test). Language Testing, 11 (1), 65-81.

Dollerup, C., Glahn, E., & Rosenberg-Hansen, C. (1981). Reading strategies and test-solving techniques in an EFL-reading comprehension test—a preliminary report. Journal of Applied Language Study, 1, 93-99.

Douglas, D. (2000). Specific purpose tests of reading and writing. Assessing languages for specific purposes (pp.189-245). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Freedle, R., & Kostin, I. (1993). The prediction of TOEFL reading item difficulty: Implications for construct validity. Language Testing, 10 (2), 133-170.

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Grabe, W. (1999). Reading research and its implications for reading assessment. In A. Kunnan & M. Milanovich (Eds.), Language proficiency assessment: Proceedings of the eighth LTRC (pp. 227-263). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Grabe, W. (2007). Reading assessment: Issues and opportunities. In C. Irvine-Niakaris & A. Nebel, (Eds.), 2nd language testing & evaluation forum, Teaching and testing: Opportunities for learning (pp. 52-69). Athens, Greece: Hellenic American Union.

Hale, G.A. (1988). Student major field and text content: Interactive effects on reading comprehension in the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Language Testing, 5 (1), 49-61.

Hill, C., & Parry, K. The test at the gate: Models of literacy in reading assessment. TESOL Quarterly, 26 (3), 433-461.

Hinofotis, F.B. (1980). Cloze as an alternative method of ESL placement and proficiency testing. In J. W. Oller & K. Perkins, (Eds.), Research in language testing (pp. 121-128). Rowley, MA: Newbury House.

Hinofotis, F.B., & Snow, B.G. (1980). An alternative cloze testing procedure: Multiple choice format. In J.W. Oller & K. Perkins (Eds.), Research in language testing (pp. 129-133). Rowley, MA: Newbury House.

Homburg, T. J., & Spaan, M.C. (1982). ESL reading proficiency assessment: Testing strategies. In M. Hines & W. Rutherford (Eds.), On TESOL ’81 (pp. 25-33). Washington, DC: TESOL.

Jafarpur, A. (1987). The short-context technique: an alternative for testing reading comprehension. Language Testing, 4 (2), 195-220.

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Kahn, M.A. (2005). Reality versus intention: A qualitative and quantitative investigation into a reading test. In P. Davidson, C. Coombe, & W. Jones (Eds.), Assessment in the Arab world (pp. 251-273). Dubai: TESOL Arabia.

Kobayashi, H., & Rinnert, C. (1996). Factors affecting composition evaluation in an EFL context: Cultural rhetorical pattern and readers’ background. Language Learning, 46 (3), 397-437.

Kobayashi, M. (2002). Method effects on reading comprehension test performance: Text organization and response format. Language Testing, 19 (2), 193-220.

Lee, G. (2002). The influence of several factors on reliability for complex reading comprehension texts. Journal of Educational Measurement, 39 (2), 149-64.

Lukmani, Y. (1982). The communicational testing of reading. ELT Journal, 36 (4), 217-225.

Lutje Spelberg, H. C., de Boer, P., & van den Bos, K. P. (2000). Item type comparisons of language comprehension tests. Language Testing, 17 (3), 311-322.

McIntyre, S. (1987). Investigations into the appropriate use of various item types for testing specific levels of reading proficiency. In K.M. Bailey, T.L. Dale, & R.T. Clifford, (Eds.), Language testing research: Selected papers from the 1986 Colloquium (pp. 93-110). Monterey, CA: Defense Language Institute.

Peretz, A. S, & Shoham, M. (1990). Testing reading comprehension in LSP: Does topic familiarity affect assessed difficulty and actual performance? Reading in a Foreign Language, 7 (1), 447-455.

Perkins, K. (1992). The effect of passage topical structure types on ESL reading comprehension difficulty. Language Testing, 9 (2), 163-172.

Perkins, K., Gupta, L., & Tammana, R. (1995). Predicting item difficulty in a reading comprehension test with an artificial neural network. Language Testing, 12 (1), 34-53.

Perkins, K., & Jones, B. (1985). Measuring passage contribution in ESL reading comprehension. TESOL Quarterly, 19 (1), 137-153.

Perkins, K., & Miller, L. D. (1984). Comparative analyses of English as a second language reading comprehension data: Classical test theory and latent trait measurement. Language Testing, 1 (1), 21-32.

Phakiti, A. (2003). A closer look at the relationship of cognitive and metacognitive strategy use to EFL reading achievement test performance. Language Testing, 20 (1), 26-56.

Porter, D. (1976). Modified cloze procedure: A more valid reading comprehension test. English Language Teaching, 30 (2), 151-155.

Riley, G.L., & Lee, J.F. (1996). A comparison of recall and summary protocols as measures of second language reading comprehension. Language Testing, 13 (2), 173-187.

Rodriguez-Brown, F. V., & Cohen, A. D. (1979). Assessing bilingual reading skills: Criterion-referenced versus norm-referenced testing of Spanish reading. In A. D. Cohen, M. Bruch, & F.V. Rodriguez-Brown (Eds.), Papers in applied linguistics, bilingual education. Series 6: Evaluating evaluation (pp. 29-48). Arlington, VA: Center for Applied Linguistics.

Shohamy, E. (1984). Does the testing method make a difference: The case of reading comprehension. Language Testing, 1 (2), 147-170.

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