Validity of a reading comprehension test for portuguese students

• Autor(a) principal: Cadime, Irene Maria Dias
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro, Iolanda da Silva, Viana, Fernanda Leopoldina, Santos, Sandra Cristina Silva, Prieto, Gerardo, Maia, José
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/31555
• topic: Reading comprehension; Validity; Reading assessment; Comprensión lectora; Validez; Evaluación de la lectura; Ciências Sociais::Psicologia; Social Sciences

The purpose of this work was to collect construct and criterion-related evidence of validity for a reading comprehension test (TCL - Teste de Compreensão da Leitura) with three vertically scaled forms, designed to assess students from second, third and fourth grade. Method: Two studies were conducted. In the fi rst (n = 1,229), a confi rmatory factor analysis was performed to analyse the test dimensionality. In the second (n= 402), concurrent and predictive evidence of validity was analysed using correlations between TCL, other reading tests and academic achievement. Results: Confi rmatory factor analysis results supported a one-factor structure. Correlation coeffi cients with other reading tests were low to moderate and statistically signifi cant. The TCL forms were shown to be good predictors of students’ reading comprehension as assessed by teachers and of the National Exams of Portuguese Language results. Conclusions: Present results provide empirical evidence for the validity of the TCL forms.