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Bewley, Wesley Leon – 1975
This study investigated the relationship of the combined factors of family structure, socioeconomic status, and pupil gender' to reading readiness scores. Specifically, the study attempted to determine if there were significant differences among mean reading readiness scores when pupils were grouped by family structure; socioeconomic status;…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Family Structure, Primary Education, Reading Readiness
Borges, Francisca – 1975
The relative effectiveness of several testing instruments in predicting the reading achievement of Puerto Rican first graders was investigated in this dissertation. One hundred seventy-four students were tested by the "Reading Readiness Test (Prueba de Apresto)," the "Collective Puerto Rican Test of Mental Capacity (Prueba Colectiva de Capacidad…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Health, Intelligence, Primary Education
Bickley, A. C.; And Others – 1970
The relationship between paradigmatic and syntagmatic oral associates and reading readiness test scores was investigated. Paradigmatic associates were defined as responses demonstrating superordinate, coordinate, contrast, or part-whole relationships, and syntagmatic associates were defined as any other responses. Subjects were 52 first graders…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Beginning Reading, Language Research, Language Usage
Barnard, Douglas P. – 1972
A study was conducted to investigate the effects of child and parent incentives on the acquisition of reading readiness skills of educationally disadvantaged preschool children. Ss were 121 students from Title I kindergarten classes. Four bilingual paraprofessionals were trained to interview parents, administer the pre- and post-tests, and operate…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Incentives, Parent Influence, Parent Participation
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

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

Sippola, Arne E. – Reading Teacher, 1985
Reviews literature on different aspects of reading readiness, then presents a reading readiness material analysis inventory constructed according to the findings of the review. Explains how the instrument can be used by educators to compare readiness program materials. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Development, Learning Processes, Learning Readiness, Primary Education

Vincent, 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

Ward, Byron J. – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children, Predictive Measurement
Jones, Douglas; And Others – 1995
The materials, visuals to accompany a presentation on development of workplace literacy programs, include: a definition of workplace literacy; flow chart for basic skills program development; definition of workplace education needs assessment; list of topics for interviewing trainers, supervisors, management personnel/HR, safety, union/labor…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Course Content
Cumming, J. Joy, Ed.; van Kraayenoord, Christina E., Ed. – 1996
This document contains eight papers from an action research program to foster good practice in adult literacy provision and policy. "Introduction" (J. Joy Cumming, Christina E. van Kraayenoord) presents an overview of the action research project and individual reports. "Assessment: Making a Difference in Adult Literacy and Numeracy…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1991
Test results are presented from the 11th year of the Arizona Pupil Achievement Testing Program, administered as mandated by the state legislature, which requires that a nationally standardized norm-referenced achievement test in reading, grammar, and mathematics be given to students in grades 2 through 11, with representative samples tested in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1992
Test results are presented for the Arizona Pupil Achievement Testing Program for fall 1991. In the 1991-92 school year, the state legislature mandated that only grades 4, 7, and 11 be tested. Although school districts could elect to test other grades, results in this report represent only tests for grades 4, 7, and 11 on either the Iowa Tests of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Willinsky, John; Bobie, Allen – 1986
Statewide competency testing as a high school graduation requirement represents a threat to those who encourage broad notions of reading and writing, even when a number of testing innovations in reading and writing mean a step forward in education. In Alberta, Canada, the English exam comes in a non-academic and an academic version, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, English Curriculum, Essays, Foreign Countries
THORNDIKE, ROBERT L.; AND OTHERS – 1966
AN EVALUATION OF A FREE CHOICE, OPEN ENROLLMENT PROGRAM, IN WHICH SEVENTH-GRADE MINORITY GROUP CHILDREN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER TO RACIALLY BALANCED JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS OUTSIDE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, RECORDED THE RESPONSES OF THE PUPILS, PARENTS, AND TEACHERS IN THE RECEIVING SCHOOLS. THE COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Attitudes, Attendance