The assessment of Indonesian EFL students' reading comprehension ability using Reading Evaluation and Decoding System (READS)

This study focused on reading comprehension ability of the English Department students in answering READS, MCQ questions. READS is an alternative standardized assessment system that capable measuring ability. a descriptive based Barrett's Taxonomy levels, such as literal comprehension, reorganization, and inferential comprehension. consisted 122 academic year 2015 through 2018 at one private universities Yogyakarta, Indonesia. analysis utilized three taxonomy scales to identify whether were meet standard, below above standard or warning. Finding research indicated 27.8 % categorized into warning (Band 2 3), 46.7% 4) 25.5% 5). Consequently, will guide teachers design specific material students' needs.