Evaluation of comprehension strategies and processes:: Test of Comprehension Processes

A new test to assess reading comprehension skills called Test of Comprehension Processes (TCP) is presented. Contrary to other reading comprehension test published in Spanish, TCP is based on an analysis of the reading comprehension processes commonly accepted by current reading comprehension theories. The test can be applied to children between 11 and 16 years of age, It is easy to apply and score, Empirical results show that TCP is reliable, valid and can discriminate among children of different school levels. The development of TCP shows a new way to develop school test grounded on broadly accepted cognitive models.