- RQ1: 330 students answered all the questions in standard version; 0.52 and 0.78 internal consistency coefficient for students with and without disabilities
- RQ2: 331 students answered all questions in segmented version; 0.69 and 0.79 alpha coefficient for students with and without disabilities
- 0.17 improvement for students with disabilities exposed to segmenting 

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- RQ1: “Does the original version of the reading test have similar reliability for students with disabilities and students without disabilities?”
- RQ2: “Does the segmented version of the reading test have similar reliability for students with disabilities and students without disabilities?”

Segmented text and reliability of the reading test - research questions

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

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