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Universidad de La Habana

versión On-line ISSN 0253-9276

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GONZALEZ HERNANDEZ, Klency  y  PEREZ, Nancy Estévez. Adaptation to the cuban context of a test to evaluate the reading comprehension. UH [online]. 2019, n.288, pp.214-244.  Epub 01-Sep-2019. ISSN 0253-9276.

Assessing reading comprehension is vital to successful learning. However, in Cuba we do not have enough standard instruments to do so. This article aims to adapt to the Cuban context the Test to Evaluate Reading Comprehension (PECL) in students from 5th to 7th grade general education. The adaptation, from a quantitative approach, was carried out from 2014-2015 and includes: 1) pilot study with 31 students to evaluate the readability of texts (using Inflesz Program), vocabulary and slogan of the PECL; 2) analysis of the psychometric properties of the test, involving 1152 students, aged 10 to 12 years (M = 11.03; SD = 0.66). The Test of Understanding Process was used as an external validation criterion. The pilot results show that the students understand instructions, language and meaning of test words. The items work properly (67.75% correct answers). The texts are comparable in readability. Gross scores show no significant differences between comprehension performance and text type (p <.001). Sensitivity and specificity show a high level of coincidence (> 74%). The ANOVA shows significant differences (p <.01) in all groups according to the quartile to which the students belong (Very Weak, Weak, Sufficient, Optimum). The coefficient of reliability yields acceptable rates (.71 to .74). Although further checks and adjustments may be useful, these results suggest that PECLC is valid and reliable for assessing reading comprehension performance in Cuban students in grades 5-7.

Palabras clave : reading comprehension; evaluation; adaptation; Cuban school children.

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