Deriving comprehension, rate and accuracy of reading norms for a short form of the Metropolitan Achievement Reading Test

The total battery of the Metropolitan Achievement test for grades 4-6 takes 2 3/4 hours. It includes tests of reading, arithmetic, vocabulary, English usage, and spelling. Abbreviations of the reading, arithmetic, and spelling. tests have been made, and the data for the reading test are given. Correlations in the neighborhood of .9 are reported for short and long forms. Grade score norms for comprehension rate and percentile norms for accuracy are given.