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Peer reviewedSwank, Linda K.; Catts, Hugh W. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1994
This study, involving 54 first-grade children, found that correlations between decoding and phonological awareness were generally much higher than correlations obtained for measures of decoding and verbal and nonverbal intelligence. Several phonological awareness tasks identified good and poor decoders, with approximately 80-90% accuracy. (DB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Grade 1, Intelligence
Peer reviewedMorrison, Delmont; And Others – Annals of Dyslexia, 1988
The accuracy of SEARCH for identifying children at risk for developing learning disabilities was evaluated with 1,107 kindergarten children. Children identified as at risk were of average intelligence. SEARCH scores were significantly correlated with sequential and simultaneous information processing skills. SEARCH predicted adequacy of…
Descriptors: Concurrent Validity, Early Childhood Education, Handicap Identification, High Risk Students
