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particular kind simply because they are readily available. 
2. Choosing texts of appropriate lenght. Expeditious reading tests may call 
for passages of up to 2.000 words or more.
3. Including as many passages as possible in a test in order to obtain both 
content validity and acceptance reliability. 
4. Looking for passages which contain plenty of discrete pieces of 
information in order to test search reading. 
5. Finding texts which have the specified elements that have to be scanned 
for. This is for scanning. 
6. Making sure that the text has a clearly recognizeable structure to test the 
ability to quickly establish the structure. 
7. Choosing texts that will interest the candidates but which will not over-
excite or disturb them. 
8. Avoiding texts made up of information that may be part of candidates’ 
general knowledge. 
9. Assuming that it is only reading ability that is being tested, do not 
choose texts that are too culturally laden. 
10. Do not use texts that students have already read. 
Writing items is the next consideration. The purpose in writing items is to 
measure the ability in which the tester is interested in and to elicit the candidates’ 
reliable behaviour so that the scoring is highly reliable. 
The last consideration is concerning the techniques. Hughes (2003) 
recommeded that the techniques used should interfere as little as possible with 
the reading itself, and that they should not add a significantly difficult task on top 
of reading. The common techniques can be Muliple Choice, Short Answer, Gap 

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Language Testing & Evaluation 
Fernandes Arung 
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Filling, Information Transfer, Matching the Two Parts of Split Sentences, The 
Cpmpletion of Sentences-Summaries-Diagrams-Tables-Flow Charts- Notes, and 
Matching Paragraph Headings.
All the things above should be considered in testing reading in order to 
postulate all characteristics that are significant to embed in and to find all 
domains the test of reading.