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Direct linkPatrick Kennedy; Brian Gearin; Katherine Bromley; Gina Biancarosa – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background: Dyslexia is a specific reading disability characterized by word recognition difficulties that can qualify a student for special education services under the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" (IDEA; 2004; Yudin, 2015). As of 2024, 49 US states have legislation defining dyslexia and enumerating for schools…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Dyslexia, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Download full textHarckham, Laura D. – 1970
A longitudinal study was undertaken to determine whether measures that are readily available in most school districts, administered in kindergarten by classroom teachers, could predict reading achievement as measured by standardized tests in grades 1 through 4. The subjects were 553 children in the kindergarten class of 1964-65 in Ithaca, New…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4
Barr, Rebecca C. – 1971
The objectives of this study were (1) to construct and evaluate the reliability and validity of word learning tasks for predicting success in learning to read, and (2) to compare the effectiveness of word learning tasks with readiness measures in predicting reading in grade one. Two samples of like-aged boys and girls from urban (76) and suburban…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Kindergarten Children, Learning Processes, Predictive Measurement
Peer reviewedMartin, Roy P.; And Others – School Psychology Review, 1988
The utility of the Temperament Assessment Battery--Teacher Form (TAB) in predicting academic achievement over intervals of one to four years was studied using 117 kindergartners, 22 preschoolers, and 104 first graders. Results of the studies, each of which used data from a different standardized test to assess the validity of the TAB, support the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Early Childhood Education, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children
Peer reviewedSheppard, John L.; Sheppard, Marlene J. – Australian Journal of Education, 1983
The reliability and validity of the Spotlight for Literacy screening test was tested by administration to Australian first-graders. Prediction was best for low- and high-achievement groups. In general, girls scored higher than boys, groups differed according to socioeconomic status, and children from English-speaking homes scored higher than…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Literacy
