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Performance- and Report-Based Measures of Executive Function as Predictors of Children's Academic Skills
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Christopher DeCamp; Sarah V. Alfonso; Christopher J. Lonigan – Grantee Submission, 2025
Objective: Executive Function (EF) is thought to be a core component of various cognitive processes. Two common ways to measure EF are through report-based measures that assess EF by collecting informant(s) reports on children's behaviors, and performance-based measures that assess EF through the completion of a task related to EF dimension(s).…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Academic Achievement, Reading Skills, Mathematics Skills
Predictors of Reading and Spelling Difficulties in Italian Children: Specific Language and General Cognitive Skills
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Angela Pasqualotto; Paola Venuti – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2025
This study investigated the role of domain-specific and domain-general factors in predicting early literacy skills in Italian children. A sample of 239 first-grade students was evaluated using a broad neuropsychological battery to assess their cognitive skills. The results showed that phonological awareness, rapid automatized naming, speed of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emergent Literacy, Reading Difficulties, Spelling
Early Skills Predict Fourth-Grade Post-COVID-19 Academic, Inhibitory Control, and Social-Emotional Outcomes for Students from Diverse Home Language Backgrounds
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Robert C. Pianta; Arya Ansari; Jessica E. Whittaker; Virginia Vitiello; Margaret Burchinal – Elementary School Journal, 2025
The study examines students' skills at kindergarten entry and gains in skills across the kindergarten through first-grade period (pre-COVID-19) for predicting literacy, language, math, inhibitory control, and social-adjustment outcomes in the spring of fourth grade, after schools reopened. In a large US school district, longitudinal data were…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Student Development, Grade 4
Early Predictors of Patterns of Disability Support Service Receipt in Elementary School
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Amie F. Bettencourt; Corinne M. Plesko; Deborah Gross; Rashelle J. Musci – School Mental Health, 2025
A better understanding of factors influencing who receives disability support services through an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or a Section 504 Accommodation Plan from the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (504 plan) and when is needed. This study used administrative data from11,405 students enrolled in 121 Baltimore City Schools (51% male; 85%…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Federal Legislation, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)