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Caballero, Jane Alexis – 1975
This study involved a comparison of first and second grade students' performance on the Piagetian Task Administration Instrument (PTAI), the Metropolitan Readiness Test (MRT), and the Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) with actual reading achievement measured by placement on the Indiviudally Paced Instruction (IPI) Tracking Card in Reading, which was…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary School Students, Predictive Measurement, Primary Education
Harckham, 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
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Sheppard, 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