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Peer reviewedTorgesen, Joseph K.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1990
The article examines assessment of phonological coding skills (considered important in in acquiring early word-reading skills) in young children. Although tests of memory span for digits, words, or letters are most commonly used, a combination of tasks including naming-rate and articulation-rate tasks are suggested. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education
