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Validity of the Bracken School Readiness Assessment for Predicting First Grade Readiness
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Panter, Janet E.; Bracken, Bruce A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
The Bracken School Readiness Assessment (BSRA) was administered to all kindergarten students enrolled in two rural elementary schools in the fall of 2004. Eight months later, the reading portion of the Metropolitan Readiness Tests, 6th Edition (MRT-6) was administered. Teachers were asked to indicate whether they had concerns about each student's…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Reading Readiness Tests, Kindergarten, Grade 1
The Relative Importance of Mental Age and Selected Assessors of Auditory and Visual Perception in the Metropolitan Readiness Test
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Wallbrown, Jane D.; Wallbrown, Fred H. – Psychology in the Schools, 1974
This study hypothesizes that while the mental age most effectively predicts reading readiness, deficits in information processing at the automatic level decrease the efficiency of the prediction. Conclusions support this hypothesis. (Author/HMV)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Tests, Learning Readiness, Readiness
Selected Short-Term Memory Tests as Predictors of Reading Readiness.
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John, Kirk R. – Psychology in the Schools, 1998
Three standardized measures of short-term memory (STM) were compared to determine their relative efficacy in predicting reading achievement for 36 primary-grade students over a two-year period. A letter sequences test was found to be the most frequently associated with reading performance. A memory-for-sentences task also showed a significant…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Predictive Validity, Primary Education, Reading Achievement
Prediction of Kindergarten Reading Success from Preschool Report of Parents
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Colligan, Robert C. – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
The Minnesota Child Development Inventory was used to obtain parent observations on 59 children before the start of the kindergarten year. Results indicated that the parent report on a number of variables from the MCDI correlated highly with postkindergarten success in reading. (Author)
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Predictive Validity, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Symbolic Representation in Dramatic Play and Art and the Cognitive and Reading Readiness Levels of Kindergarten Children
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Becher, Rhoda M.; Wolfgang, Charles H. – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
This study explored the relationship between symbolic representation in dramatic play and art and cognitive and reading readiness levels of kindergarten children. Results indicated children at different cognitive levels performed significantly differently on the Metropolitan Reading Readiness Test and spent significantly different amounts of time…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Dramatic Play
The McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities as a Predictor of Reading Readiness and Reading Achievement.
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Massoth, Neil A.; Levenson, Richard L., Jr. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Examined the efficacy of the McCarthy Scales as a predictor of reading readiness and achievement in a kindergarten sample (N=33). Results confirmed the predictive validity of the McCarthy Scales and suggested that, for this sample, visual discrimination and sequential ability skills may have been more important factors than verbal abilities.…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Elementary Education, Intelligence Tests, Kindergarten Children
The Kindergarten Auditory Screening Test as a Predictor of Reading Disability
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Margolis, Howard – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
Correlation coefficients were obtained between the Kindergarten Auditory Screening Test (KAST), the Metropolitan Readiness Test (MRT), and the Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests, Primary Form (GMRT). Neither the coefficients obtained nor an examination of extreme groups indicated that the KAST was an effective predictor of reading disability. (Author)
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Diagnosis, Primary Education
The Validity of IQ Scores Derived from Readiness Screening Tests
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Telegdy, Gabriel A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
The Screening Test of Academic Readiness (STAR) and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) were administered to 52 kindergarten children to reveal the convergent validity of IQ scores derived from the STAR. The findings raise doubts about the validity of the deviation IQs derived from the STAR. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Educational Testing, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests