Grade Twelve Iranian High School Students’ Reading Comprehension: A Brief Look at Item Piloting

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Roshanak Rezaei ¹ , Faramarz Azizmalayeri ² , Abbas Bayat ³ , Hossein Ahmadi ⁴

1 - Department of English Language, Malayer Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malayer, Iran
2 - Department of English Language, Malayer Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malayer, Iran
3 - Department of English Language, Malayer Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malayer, Iran
4 - Department of English Language, Malayer Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malayer, Iran

Received: 2021-10-15 Accepted : 2022-02-06 Published : 2022-02-01

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