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Based on their suggestions the instrument was revised. The instrument was pilot tested with 145 volunteer teachers. The instrument was again revised based on the data analysis. The revised 40-item instrument was pilot tested with 266 volunteer secondary school subject area teachers.","The reliability of the instrument was .770 (Kuder-Richardson #20); standard error of measurement, 2.77; standard deviation, 5.79; mean score, 24.55; and median score, 25.06.","Teachers who had taken a course emphasizing reading instruction performed significantly better than teachers who had not. Teachers of English/Language Arts performed significantly better than teachers of other subject areas. 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