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The Utility and Accuracy of Oral Reading Fluency Score Types in Predicting Reading Comprehension
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Petscher, Yaacov; Kim, Young-Suk – Journal of School Psychology, 2011
This study used data from the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS; Good & Kaminski, 2002) oral reading fluency (ORF) probes to examine variation among different ORF score types (i.e., the median of three passages, the mean of all three passages, the mean of passages 2 and 3, and the score from passage 3) in predicting…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Predictive Validity, Emergent Literacy
Does Growth Rate in Oral Reading Fluency Matter in Predicting Reading Comprehension Achievement?
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Kim, Young-Suk; Petscher, Yaacov; Schatschneider, Christopher; Foorman, Barbara – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
In this study, we examined the relationship of growth trajectories of oral reading fluency, vocabulary, phonological awareness, letter-naming fluency, and nonsense word reading fluency from 1st grade to 3rd grade with reading comprehension in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades. Data from 12,536 children who were followed from kindergarten to 3rd grade…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Academic Achievement, Phonological Awareness
The Importance of Predictive Power in Early Screening Assessments: Implications for Placement in the Response to Intervention Framework
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Petscher, Yaacov; Kim, Young-Suk; Foorman, Barbara R. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2011
As schools implement response to intervention to identify and serve students with learning difficulties, it is critical for educators to know how to evaluate screening measures. In the present study, "Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills" Oral Reading Fluency was used to compare the differential decisions that might occur in…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Learning Problems, Intervention, Reading Fluency