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Betts, Joseph; Bolt, Sara; Decker, Dawn; Muyskens, Paul; Marston, Doug – Journal of School Psychology, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the development of English reading achievement among English Language Learners (ELLs) and to determine whether the time that an ELL's family was in the United States and the type of native language spoken affected their reading development. Participants were 300 third-grade ELLs from two different native…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Achievement, Grade 3
Muyskens, Paul; Betts, Joseph; Lau, Matthew Y.; Marston, Doug – California School Psychologist, 2009
The inclusion of English Language Learners as a subgroup in the No Child Left Behind legislation has leant additional importance to the need for valid and efficient measures of reading for students whose first language is not English. This study examines the use of Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) reading fluency as a predictor of later reading…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Reading Fluency, Federal Legislation, Predictive Validity