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Metsala, Jamie L.; David, Margaret D.; Brown, Sarah – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2017
This study examined the incidence of reading impairments, the reading profiles, and the outcomes of a reading intervention for youth involved in a comprehensive crime prevention program. Rates of reading impairments were between 55% and 61%. Reading profiles for participants with reading comprehension impairments showed deficits in phonological…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Youth Programs
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Mellard, Daryl F.; Fall, Emily E.; Woods, Kari L. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2013
Statistical analyses of data from an academically diverse sample of 276 adult basic and secondary education learners extends understanding of the relation of and interactions between oral reading fluency and reading competence indices. Significant interactions between total word rate and word error rate that differed in relation to two measures of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Functional Reading, Reading Fluency, Job Application
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Hamilton, Chad; Shinn, Mark R. – School Psychology Review, 2003
Despite a body of evidence that curriculum-based measurement of reading (R-CBM) is a valid measure of general reading achievement, some school-based professionals remain unconvinced. At the core of their argument is their experience with word callers, students who purportedly can read fluently, but do not understand what they read. No studies have…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Curriculum Based Assessment, Oral Reading, Reading Achievement