- Recruited 738 8th graders from 10 public schools (34 classrooms, 21 teachers) in California – 117 students with disabilities, 620 without disabilities, 1 not sure
- Tested students during the Winter/Spring semester of 2007
- Random assignment to Version A or B in each classroom 
- Students with disabilities given more time

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

- Data collection
- Reading comprehension test
- Questionnaires 

Accessibility of segmented reading comprehension passages for students with disabilities - methodology

Abedi, J., Kao, J. C., Leon, S., Mastergeorge, A. M., Sullivan, L., Herman, J., & Pope, R. (2010). Accessibility of segmented reading comprehension passages for students with disabilities. Applied Measurement in Education, 23(2), 168-186. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08957341003673823?casa_token=vk7mb1KuwSMAAAAA%3ADJfq8xa8g6g7XzV_FQhvrGngF8ijWPnYf7JGjjh-ozODb3pVAKYxve2Ueo1C6cjG8uBnuNnA9wZB0g

Accessibility of segmented reading comprehension passages for students with disabilities

Accessibility of segmented reading comprehension passages for students with disabilities - data collection

- Used a reading comprehension test with 3 informational passages from released state tests 
- Passage 1 ~700 words, passages 2 and 3 ~550 words each 
- 8 multiple choice questions with 4 choices for each passage
- Version A is control, passage as is
- Version B consisted of segmented text, with questions directly following each segment and inference questions attached at the end 

Accessibility of segmented reading comprehension passages for students with disabilities - reading comprehension test

- Asked students about their reading skills based on 4-point Likert scales but found no significant results
- Teachers rated student reading abilities on a scale of advanced, proficient, basic, below basic, far below basic

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