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Paige, David D.; Smith, Grant; Rupley, William; Wells, Will – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2021
This cross-sectional study measures decoding and fluent reading skills of a random sample of 250 first- through third-grade students attending a high-SES school. Growth was compared between proficient and struggling readers with results showing the latter group significantly behind their higher attaining peers on all measures. When student…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Skills, Skill Development, Decoding (Reading)
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Smith, Grant S.; Paige, David D. – Reading Psychology, 2019
Becoming a fluent reader has been established as important to reading comprehension. Prosody (expression) is an indicator of fluent reading that is linked to improved comprehension in students across elementary, middle, and secondary grades. Fluent reading is most often evaluated by classroom teachers through the use of a rubric, with the most…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, National Competency Tests
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Paige, David D.; Smith, Grant S.; Rasinski, Timothy Victor; Rupley, William H.; Magpuri-Lavell, Theresa; Nichols, William D. – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
Considerable evidence supports that close to two thirds of all fourth-grade students read at less than adequate levels on reading achievement tests and that the problem has persisted for decades. This study of 1,064 third-grade students at risk for reading failure uses path analytic techniques to measure a hypothesized model linking developmental…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, School Districts