Kindergarten Prediction of Reading Achievement: A Seven-Year Longitudinal Follow-Up.

Fletcher, Jack M.

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Publication Date: 1982

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Kindergarten Prediction of Reading Achievement: A Seven-Year Longitudinal Follow-Up.

Fletcher, Jack M.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v42 n2 p681-85 Sum 1982

A longitudinal evaluation of the utility of a screening battery administered in kindergarten is shown to retain a high utility for predicting current achievement outcomes of the sample at the end of grade six. The use of discriminant functional analysis and statistical decision theory is discussed. (Author/CM)

Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Kindergarten, Longitudinal Studies, Predictive Validity, Reading Achievement, Screening Tests

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Metropolitan Achievement Tests; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Beery Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration

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