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Barth, Amy Elizabeth; Catts, Hugh W.; Anthony, Jason L. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009
This study investigated the component skills underlying reading fluency in a heterogeneous sample of 527 eighth grade students. Based on a hypothetical measurement model and successive testing of nested models, structural equation modeling revealed that naming speed, decoding, and language were uniquely associated with reading fluency. These…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Structural Equation Models, Grade 8, Adolescents
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Hock, Michael F.; Brasseur, Irma F.; Deshler, Donald D.; Catts, Hugh W.; Marquis, Janet G.; Mark, Caroline A.; Stribling, Jean Wu – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2009
The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine the component reading skills of adolescent struggling readers attending urban high schools. Specifically, 11 measures of reading skills were administered to 345 adolescent readers to gain a research-based perspective on the reading skill profile of this population. Participants were assessed in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Profiles
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Catts, Hugh W.; Adlof, Suzanne M.; Hogan, Tiffany P.; Weismer, Susan Ellis – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2005
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether specific language impairment (SLI) and dyslexia are distinct developmental disorders. Method: Study 1 investigated the overlap between SLI identified in kindergarten and dyslexia identified in 2nd, 4th, or 8th grades in a representative sample of 527 children. Study 2 examined…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Dyslexia, Developmental Disabilities, Kindergarten