Reading comprehension research and testing in the U.S. : undercurrents of race, class, and power in the struggle for meaning - Willis, Arlette Ingram (New York : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2008)
Western European philosophical foundations of reading comprehension research and testing -- Ideological and philosophical foundations of reading comprehension research and testing -- Reservoir of themes and premises : social influences of early concepts of reading comprehension -- Producing early reading comprehension research and testing -- World War I and the development of reading comprehension and research testing -- Reproducing and producing reading comprehension research and testing -- Reading comprehension research and testing reinvents itself -- Federal involvement in reading comprehension research and testing
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-361) and indexes
Keywords: Reading comprehension -- Research -- Social aspects -- United States -- History; Reading comprehension -- Ability testing -- Social aspects -- United States -- History; Discrimination in education -- United States -- History