His colleague Laura Zingmond added that since Scrambled Paragraphs weren't aligned with state standards, replacing the section with multiple - choice
reading comprehension questions similar to what students are used to seeing on Common Core tests would make the exam more accessible to all students.
The general format of the
reading comprehension sections on the two exams are
similar - both ask students to
read passages and then answer
questions about the passage - but the IGAP consists of fewer, but longer passages, whereas the ITBS contains a greater number of passages, each of which is shorter.