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Spichtig, Alexandra N.; Pascoe, Jeffrey P.; Gehsmann, Kristin M.; Gu, Fei; Ferrara, John D. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2022
This study examined silent reading rates (SRRs) in relation to students' estimated academic vocabulary grade levels (EVGLs) and comprehension accuracy (Comprehension Items Correct; compIC). Analyses were based on data from 288,934 students in grades 2-12 who completed an adaptive silent reading assessment that yielded measures of the three…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Rate, Silent Reading, Vocabulary Skills
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Spichtig, Alexandra N.; Hiebert, Elfrieda H.; Vorstius, Christian; Pascoe, Jeffrey P.; Pearson, P. David; Radach, Ralph – Reading Research Quarterly, 2016
The present study measured the comprehension-based silent reading efficiency of U.S. students in grades 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12. Students read standardized grade-level passages while an eye movement recording system was used to measure reading rate, fixations (eye stops) per word, fixation durations, and regressions (right-to-left eye movements)…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Silent Reading, Efficiency, Educational History