Topic: Measuring Reading Comprehension

10-second review: What is the purpose of questions in tests of reading comprehension? “No question should be devised only to defeat a child or to embarrass his emerging confidence.”

Source: C Washburne. “Short Papers on Readiness, Reading Interests, Vocabulary Development and Comprehension.” 551.

Comment: What are the purposes of the questions used in the SAT’s Reading Comprehension section of the Verbal SAT? A. Purpose of reading. B. Questions on the SAT. C. Measure reading. D. Measure comprehension. E. Both C and D. In my opinion, the purposes of the questions in the Reading Comprehension (or Critical Reading or whatever they call it these days), is to trick the test-taker. RayS.