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based on these texts, emerged. The validity and
reliability studies of SOBAT® were conducted
between 2002 and 2012 (Erden & Çelik, 2019).
The SOBAT®-II project was being prepared while
the reliability and validity studies carried out
following SOBAT®’s pilot studies and the research
continued using some original SOBAT® texts.
During the SOBAT®-II project, a pilot study
was conducted and all the texts and comprehension
questions were set during this stage (Melekoğlu et
al., 2019). Both narrative and informative text
structures were used, and all reading texts and
comprehension questions were prepared originally
based on expert opinions. After the pilot study, the
final stage of the project, finalisation, and
administration of the test were carried out. In this
process, the texts to be included in the test and
reading comprehension questions were finalised.
The texts were reviewed by the test development
team both in terms of writing and psychological
characteristics of the children and necessary
arrangements were made in line with the
recommendations. Furthermore, the predictability
of the answers to the comprehension questions was
evaluated to ensure that reading comprehension
questions could be answered only after the text had
been read. SOBAT®-II consists of two forms, form
A and B, and each form consists of 13 reading
texts. Eventually, a total of 26 texts were used in
the test. The texts were prepared by using the font
used in the MEB books.
The finalised test was administered in primary
and middle schools in the following provinces in
Turkey: İstanbul, Eskişehir and Trabzon. During
the administration, 571 students used form A while
562 students used form B. A total of 1,133 test
administrations were performed. When both forms
were administered to the same student, the second
administration was carried out at least 3 days after
the first administration. For this stage, the
following steps were performed:
1) Schools were visited and teachers recommended by
the school principals were contacted to voluntarily
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