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Alisha Wackerle-Hollman; Robin Hojnoski; Kristen Missall; Mohammed A. A. Abuela; Kristin Running – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2024
Early literacy skill development predicts later reading success, and development of skills in specific domains during the preschool years has been established as both a prerequisite and precursory for reading. Early literacy assessments typically include measures of separate skills across domains, and results can assist with determining where…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Literacy Education, Reading Readiness Tests
Trese L. W. Reed – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research study examined the difference between a formal pre-kindergarten (pre-K) experience and a non-formal pre-kindergarten experience and the impact it had on the academic achievement of kindergarten students. The study also examined the impact these experiences had on kindergarten students as it relates to the Phonological Awareness…
Descriptors: Literacy, Phonological Awareness, Screening Tests, Preschool Children
Bdeir, Maha; Bahous, Rima; Nabhani, Mona – Education 3-13, 2022
This study examines the impact of a systematic teaching programme of phonological awareness (PA) skills on children's pre-reading skills where English is taught as Second Language in a school in Beirut, Lebanon. Four Kindergarten classes (two experimental and two control) participated in the study. Instruments included intervention programme,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, Reading Readiness, English (Second Language)
Patrick 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
Wolf, Maryanne – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
Because reading is not a natural process like language, young learners must be taught to read. Knowledge about how the reading brain develops has critical implications for understanding which teaching methods to use and helps reconceptualize previous debates. In this excerpt from "Reader Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World",…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Brain, Teaching Methods, Decoding (Reading)
Griffith Sutton, LeKeisha Antronette – ProQuest LLC, 2018
A balanced assessment system is vital to the instructional process in all schools. This system includes both formative and summative assessment measures. Both assessments provide data that can inform curriculum design and the instructional process. The purpose of this study was to examine the predicative validity of formative diagnostic and…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Reading Tests, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students
Steffan, Stefanie Lyne – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not a child's chronological age at the onset of kindergarten influences foundational literacy skills and if there is an impact on long-term reading achievement. Research indicates that there are several factors that influence school readiness and the foundational literacy skills that must be…
Descriptors: Age, Age Differences, Kindergarten, Young Children
McIntosh, Kristi Renee Barnes – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This investigation explored the relationship between educator preparation programs and teachers' perceptions of instructional readiness in foundational literacy skills. This study also examined the impact that early childhood, elementary, and specialty endorsement education programs of study, reading methods courses, and clinical field experiences…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Instruction, Clinical Experience, Reading Readiness
West Virginia Department of Education, 2018
West Virginia is a nationally recognized leader for its strong commitment to high-quality early learning education programming. West Virginia is one of a very small handful of states in the nation with free, full-day, five-day kindergarten for all children AND voluntary universal pre-k to all four-year-old children (and three-year-old children…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Access to Education, Educational Trends, Achievement Gap
West Virginia Department of Education, 2018
Because of its continued commitment to and investment in high-quality early & elementary learning, West Virginia has established itself as a national leader in the area of early learning. This accolade is not uncommon for West Virginia's early learning system, as West Virginia has a history of leading the nation in early learning and with…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Educational Trends, Preschool Children
Nyman, Mercy C. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The amount of oral language exposure a young child receives affects the child's reading-readiness skills. Factors that affect the increase of language and thus affect the reading success of children include oral language ability, learning opportunities, and behaviors that young children experience. Oral language development includes gaining…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Statistical Analysis, Comparative Analysis, High Stakes Tests
Mueller, Kristin A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the effects of attending a state-funded 4K program located in a large southern Wisconsin suburban school district. Reading gains were measured as results of the Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum assessment given in the fall and spring of 4K, and then sequentially, kindergarten-reading…
Descriptors: State Programs, Kindergarten, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains
Towns, Debra – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In Wisconsin, increased academic performance has been a general assumption supporting the institutionalization and public funding of early childhood instruction. The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a relationship between attendance in public four-year-old kindergarten and elementary level reading performance. This study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Kindergarten, Reading Achievement
Erbay, Filiz – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
The aim of present research was to describe the relation of six-year-old children's attention and reading readiness skills (general knowledge, word comprehension, sentences, and matching) with their auditory reasoning and processing skills. This was a quantitative study based on scanning model. Research sampling consisted of 204 kindergarten…
Descriptors: Young Children, Reading Readiness, Attention, Reading Comprehension
Irvin, P. Shawn; Alonzo, Julie; Nese, Joseph F. T.; Tindal, Gerald – National Center on Assessment and Accountability for Special Education, 2013
Much of the research on curriculum-based measurement (CBM) in reading has focused on oral reading fluency (ORF). However, ORF is only one of five critical reading skill areas in the wider construct of reading that includes foundational skills such as phonological awareness and phonics. In this research brief, we address the construct of readiness…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Readiness, Kindergarten, Grade 1