Poor reading ability has been identified as a predictor of underachievement among undergraduate students, but little is known about the reading ability of graduate students, especially those of minority background. This study examined the reading comprehension and reading vocabulary of 105 African American graduate students at a historically black…

The validity of three subtests of the Dynamic Indicators for Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) was investigated for kindergarten children in a large urban school district. A stratified, random sample of 330 participants was drawn from an entire cohort of kindergarten children. Letter Naming Fluency, Phoneme Segmentation Fluency, and Nonsense…

Assessment currently plays a critical role in American schools and society, in tasks ranging from ranking schools' effectiveness, to determining individual placement, to planning instruction. The purpose of the study was to gather data about the formal and informal assessment instruments and processes used by professionals in deaf education.…

Abnormalities of colour perception in children with autistic spectrum disorders have been widely reported anecdotally. However, there is little empirical data linking difficulties in colour perception with academic achievement. The Wilkins Rate of Reading Test was administered with and without "Intuitive Coloured Overlays" to 19 children with…

Concludes that the reading ability of high school seniors accurately predicts academic performance during the freshman year in college. (RB)

This report describes an objective method for allocating San Jose students to groups so that each group would include the same representation of students according to two quantitative measures of scholastic achievement. The conditions provided that each group be internally heterogeneous, but that intergroup differences be small, so that each would…

Investigated was the functional relationship between specific academic survival skills (Attending, Volunteering, Work, and the negative behavior, Looking Around) and academic achievement (reading achievement). Ss were students in three regular first grade classrooms, one of which served as a control classroom. Following a teacher training program,…

Teacher mobility in San Diego schools was analyzed, using a two-stage least-squares approach. It was hypothesized that the average reading ability of students at a specific school depends on the degree of teacher movement from the school. More experienced teachers are able to move to the more attractive schools which educate the high achievers.…

Summarizes an intensive survey of current research undertaken in an attempt to identify cognitive factors related to discrepant achievement of economically deprived black and white rural first graders--i.e. students whose achievement was at a level unpredicted by diagnostic testing. (JM)

This bibliography on the prediction of college grades from reading scores includes books, government documents, journals and periodicals from the late 1920's to the early 1970's. Most of the materials are directly related to the problems of reading ability and academic performance. However, some books in statistics and design are also cited.…

An investigation of performance on a standardized test of self concept with matched samples of normal and retarded readers. Self concept test performance was found to be significantly and negatively related to age, school grade and each measure of achievement. (Author/SDH)

Each of 15 second-grade Catholic school teachers' top-and bottom-reading group sessions were tape recorded. Good teacher behavior between top and bottom groups was compared by means of a correlated t -test. Findings indicated that teacher behavior may not be adversely affected by teacher expectation. (Author/RC)

Concludes that some sociological and adjustment factors are related to scholastic achievement. (RB)

An experimental study was conducted to determine whether the kind of homework a teacher gave made a difference in academic achievement in elementary school children and whether homework such as collecting, observing, listening, and constructing models improved reading ability. Subjects were nearly 700 students in grades 4 through 6 in two schools…