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Clemens, Nathan H.; Hsiao, Yu-Yu; Lee, Kejin; Martinez-Lincoln, Amanda; Moore, Clinton; Toste, Jessica; Simmons, Leslie – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
Reading comprehension tests vary in format and characteristics, which may influence the extent to which component skills are involved in test performance. With students in Grades 6 to 8 with reading difficulties, dominance analyses examined the differential importance of component reading and language skills (word- and text-reading fluency,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Standardized Tests, Reading Difficulties
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Sok, Sarah; Shin, Hye Won; Do, Juhyun – Language Testing, 2021
Test-taker characteristics (TTCs), or individual difference variables, are known to be a systematic source of variance in language test performance. Although previous research has documented the impact of a range of TTCs on second language (L2) learners' test performance, few of these studies have involved young learners. Given that young L2…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, Reading Comprehension, Performance Factors, Elementary School Students
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Logan, Jessica – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
The goal of this study was to examine how selected pressure points or areas of vulnerability are related to individual differences in reading comprehension and whether the importance of these pressure points varies as a function of the level of children's reading comprehension. A sample of 245 third-grade children were given an assessment battery…
Descriptors: Multiple Regression Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Individual Differences, Grade 3