Research Report No.14 
Thai Reading Test Construction for Fourth Graders and Its Testing Results 
by 
Somnuk Comurai 1973

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            This test construction aims to get two types of Thai Reading  Test. One type was for evaluating speed reading with fair  understanding in Thai language called speed reading Test. The other  type was for evaluating reading comprehension so it was called  Reading Comprehension Test. In each pair of the tests (one pair in speed Reading Test and  another pair in Reading Comprehension Test) Consisted of  "parallelism" in simplicity, amusement and length of the tests. 
            Mothodology 
                a. The subjects were students in Prathom IV 
                b. Two types of the test were employed they were : 3 sets of  Speed Reading Test and 2 sets of Reading Comprehension Test. Each was  divided into Form A and Form B. 

            Conclusions 
                 Two sets of Speed Reading Test and 2 sets of Reading  Comprehension Test were approved; but from B of Speed Reading Test  and Form A of Reading Comprehension Test were more popularly  administered. According to the experiment of the tests in ability comparison  of students in Bangkok and a local province, it was remarkably found  that students in Bangkok had more ability in speed reading and  reading comprehension than students in Udornthani 



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