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Ritchey, Kristen D. – Exceptional Children, 2008
This article compares 2 fluency-based assessments of letter sound knowledge: letter sound fluency and nonsense word fluency (NWF). Ninety-one children were administered both assessments 5 times during the second half of kindergarten. The assessments were comparable for concurrent and predictive criterion-related validity at single points. The…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Validity, Reading Fluency, Kindergarten
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Seethaler, Pamela M.; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Exceptional Children, 2010
This study examined the reliability, validity, and predictive utility of kindergarten screening for risk for math difficulty (MD). Three screening measures, administered in September and May of kindergarten to 196 students, assessed number sense and computational fluency. Conceptual and procedural outcomes were measured at end of first grade, with…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Screening Tests
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Coker, David L., Jr.; Ritchey, Kristen D. – Exceptional Children, 2010
Despite the growing body of research on writing assessment, little attention has been devoted to developing and validating measures for beginning writers. This study examined the technical adequacy of a Sentence Writing measure with 233 students in kindergarten and first grade. The reliability, validity, and sensitivity to growth were investigated…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Curriculum Based Assessment, Writing Tests, Test Validity