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Kristina Kintz Feldner – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) reading Rasch unIT (RIT) score and State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) reading achievement among English learners in Grades 8 and 9. The study also…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, English Language Learners, Grade 8, Grade 9
Min Hyun Oh; Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez; Jin Kyoung Hwang – Grantee Submission, 2023
The unprecedented growth of Spanish-English dual language learners (DLLs) in new destination states (e.g., Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina, Tennessee) calls for better understanding of the relation between their bilingual vocabulary skills and English reading achievement. The current study focused on school-age Spanish-English DLLs (N = 60) in…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Predictor Variables, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
Garret J. Hall; Mitchell A. Markham; Meghan McMackin; Elizabeth C. Moore; Craig A. Albers – Grantee Submission, 2022
The current study examined the validity of curriculum-based measures (CBM) in mathematics computation (M-COMP) and oral reading fluency (R-CBM) in predicting spring mathematics and reading performance level and performance risk (>1 SD below the national mean) among students classified as English Learners (ELs). Additionally, the current study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Curriculum Based Assessment
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Garret J. Hall; Mitchell A. Markham; Meghan McMackin; Elizabeth C. Moore; Craig A. Albers – School Psychology Review, 2022
The current study examined the validity of curriculum-based measures (CBM) in mathematics computation (M-COMP) and oral reading fluency (R-CBM) in predicting spring mathematics and reading performance level and performance risk (>1 SD below the national mean) among students classified as English Learners (ELs). Additionally, the current study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Curriculum Based Assessment
Kuhfeld, Megan – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
It has been common knowledge for decades that poor and working-class students tend to experience "summer learning loss," a drop in performance between spring and fall that serves to widen the gap between students. However, new research shows that the reality of summer learning loss is more complex. Megan Kuhfeld draws on data from the…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Reading Achievement
Smith, Karen G. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Many adolescents struggle with reading comprehension, despite an emphasis on reading instruction over recent decades. Evidence suggests that informational text is particularly challenging for students. To implement assessments within a multi-tiered framework, schools must have psychometrically adequate tools. Using data of 473 students in Grades 6…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Grade 7