ERIC Number: EJ804323
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0734-2829
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The Relationship between Race, Income, and Oral Reading Fluency and Performance on Two Reading Comprehension Measures
Hixson, Michael D.; McGlinchey, Margaret T.
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, v22 n4 p351-364 2004
Oral reading fluency is a good predictor of performance on state reading assessments. The present study addressed the issue of bias by examining whether oral reading fluency scores differentially predict performance on a state reading assessment and the Metropolitan Achievement Tests, 7th Edition (MAT/7) across economic and racial groups. Information from 442 fourth-grade students from a Midwest public school was analyzed using multiple linear regression. All three variables made a significant contribution to predicting performance on the state assessment and the MAT/7. Oral reading fluency made the greatest contribution. The results also indicate that the oral reading fluency scores exhibit intercept bias on the state reading test. A stepwise regression procedure found no evidence of bias. On both the state reading test and the MAT/7, the test scores of African American and low-income students were overpredicted, whereas those of Caucasian and higher-income students were underpredicted. (Contains 2 tables, 4 figures and 2 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, White Students, African American Students, Socioeconomic Status, Low Income Groups, Reading Fluency, Reading Tests, Achievement Tests, Grade 4, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictor Variables, Test Bias, Curriculum Based Assessment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Metropolitan Achievement Tests
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