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Direct linkPatrick 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
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
EFRON, MARVIN – 1965
A "READING EYE" CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHED THE EYE MOVEMENTS OF 46 KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN OF MIDDLE-RANGE INTELLIGENCE. MOVING TARGETS WERE USED IN ORDER TO MEASURE OCULOMOTOR SKILLS--(1) OCULAR MOBILITY OR FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT OF THE EYES, (2) ACCURACY OF FIXATION, AND (3) VISUAL CONVERGENCE AND FUSION. SCORES FROM THE METROPOLITAN READINESS…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedSilberberg, Norman; And Others – The Elementary School Journal, 1968
A study was conducted to determine which subtests of the Gates Reading Readiness Tests have greatest predictive efficiency. An experiment to assess the effect of training in reading readiness on 222 kindergarten children (107 girls and 115 boys) provided the data for the research. The experimental group received 2 months' reading readiness…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Kindergarten, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
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
Download full textElijah, David V., Jr. – 1976
The purpose of this study was: (1) to determine to what extent teacher rankings of reading readiness compare with reading readiness test results, (2) to determine to what extent teacher rankings of reading readiness compare with pupil socioeconomic status, and (3) to determine to what extent readiness test results compare with pupil socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 1, Reading Readiness, Reading Readiness Tests
Day, H. D.; Day, Kaaren C. – 1978
The Concepts about Print (Sand) and Record of Oral Language (ROL) tests were administered three times to 29 male and 27 female kindergarten children as part of a study to determine the reliability and concurrent validity of the tests. The Sand and Metropolitan Readiness Test (MRT) were administered to the returning participants (27 males and 24…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Kindergarten, Primary Education, Reading Diagnosis
Gray, Lois A.; Guthrie, Larry F. – 1975
The Word Meaning section of the Metropolitan Readiness Test, Form A, was questioned as a true measure of the capabilities of culturally disadvantaged children. Therefore, an attempt was made to compare the Metropolitan Reading Readiness Test with a test in which as many objects as possible were renamed to coincide with the language of the students…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Grade 1, Primary Education, Reading Readiness
HORN, THOMAS D. – 1966
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THREE METHODS WERE COMPARED FOR DEVELOPING READING READINESS IN SPANISH-SPEAKING FIRST GRADE CHILDREN. THE METHODS USED WERE (1) ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION WITH AUDIOLINGUAL TECHNIQUES, (2) SPANISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION WITH AUDIOLINGUAL TECHNIQUES, AND (3) LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION USING THE SAME MATERIALS AS METHODS ONE AND TWO,…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, English
Searls, Evelyn Fitch – 1971
The purposes of this study were: (1) to compare the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) as measures of individual intelligence of beginning first graders; (2) to determine the relationship of Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale IQ's of both tests to end-of-year…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade Prediction, Grade 1, Intelligence Tests
Peer reviewedVincent, Jerry; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1976
First-grade reading readiness and later academic achievement of children were studied in a program developed specifically for disadvantaged preschoolers. (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 1, Prereading Experience
Peer reviewedWard, Byron J. – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children, Predictive Measurement
Sheridan, Winifred L. – 1972
This study compared actual and recommended practices in reading readiness programs in kindergartens and first grades of New York State public schools as reported by classroom teachers and as advocated by chairmen of departments of early childhood and elementary education in the 54 teacher-training institutions in New York State offering…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Preschool Education
Taylor, Nancy E.; Blum, Irene H. – 1981
A battery of four reading readiness assessment tasks was administered to 267 first grade students to determine if the tasks predicted reading achievement as well as the Metropolitan Readiness Test (MRT). The four tasks, which were the best predictors in a previous study of seven readiness tasks, were the aural word boundaries task, the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
