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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
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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
Kasintorn, Tanachit – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to develop a test of academic readiness for first grade instruction in Thailand. Test of Academic Readiness (TAR) consists of six domains: verbal, visual, memory, math, logical, and general knowledge. Two pilot studies were carried out and a main study tested items in those domains. Rasch model was used to assess the…
Descriptors: Content Validity, Reading Readiness Tests, Doctoral Dissertations, Foreign Countries
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Yangin, Banu – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2009
The aim of this study is to explore the possible relationships between the readiness and reading and writing performances of a group of children who are first graders in an elementary school in Turkey. The states of children in terms of school readiness, sound-letter relationships, and phonemic awareness were determined individually during the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Phonemic Awareness, Interrater Reliability, Multiple Regression Analysis