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Guo, Daibao; Feng, Luxi; Hodges, Tracey S. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2023
The primary goal of the present systematic review was to examine the criteria and measures used for assessing students with "specific comprehension deficit" (SCD) who have adequate decoding skills but still perform poorly on reading comprehension assessments. From a systematic review of 32 studies, we found four predominant selection…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Decoding (Reading), Reading Skills
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Archer, Anita L.; Gleason, Mary M.; Vachon, Vicky L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2003
This article discusses the need to teach decoding to secondary students with reading difficulties using one of three approaches: reading segmented words part by part; decoding different syllable types; or using a flexible strategy for reading long words. It also stresses the need for reading practice and research-validated programs. (Contains…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Reading Difficulties, Reading Fluency, Reading Instruction
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Torgesen, 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