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Cimetta, Adriana D.; Marx, Ronald W.; Yaden, David B.; Alkhadim, Ghadah S.; Cutshaw, Christina A. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2018
This study reports the dimensionality and measurement invariance of a modified version of the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening for Preschoolers (PALS PreK). Practical constraints of conducting child assessments created an opportunity to develop a modified PALS PreK. The sample consisted of 1,168 children tested in a Southwestern state in…
Descriptors: Models, Statistical Analysis, Measurement, Emergent Literacy
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Rohde, Leigh – SAGE Open, 2015
The early skills of Emergent Literacy include the knowledge and abilities related to the alphabet, phonological awareness, symbolic representation, and communication. However, existing models of emergent literacy focus on discrete skills and miss the perspective of the surrounding environment. Early literacy skills, including their relationship to…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Alphabets, Phonological Awareness, Models
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Lam, Elizabeth A.; McMaster, Kristen L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2014
The purpose of this review was to update previous reviews on factors related to students' responsiveness to early literacy intervention. The 14 studies in this synthesis used experimental designs, provided small-group or one-on-one reading interventions, and analyzed factors related to responsiveness to those interventions. Participants were…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, Longitudinal Studies
Smith, Regina E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the relationships between concept of word development and other early literacy measures (rhyme awareness, beginning sound awareness, alphabet knowledge, letter sound knowledge, spelling, and word recognition in isolation) using data from the PALS-K. Supporting previous research by using a much larger data set than had been used…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Correlation, Word Recognition, Emergent Literacy
Paeplow, Colleen – Wake County Public School System, 2015
In 2013-14, Letterland had strong implementation, with moderate to high fidelity within approximately 90% of Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) K-1 classrooms. The impact of Letterland on students' reading achievement was neutral to positive. A significantly higher percentage of WCPSS kindergarten students were at or above benchmark mid-year…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Program Descriptions, Program Implementation
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Furnes, Bjarte; Samuelsson, Stefan – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
In this study, the relationship between latent constructs of phonological awareness (PA) and rapid automatized naming (RAN) was investigated and related to later measures of reading and spelling in children learning to read in different alphabetic writing systems (i.e., Norwegian/Swedish vs. English). 750 U.S./Australian children and 230…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Spelling, Phonological Awareness, Word Recognition
O'Connor, Rollanda E.; Bocian, Kathleen M.; Sanchez, Victoria; Beach, Kristen D. – Grantee Submission, 2014
In this study, we tested the outcomes of access to a Response to Intervention (RtI) model in kindergarten or in first grade on end-of-Grade-2 reading achievement and placement in special education. Across five schools, 214 students who began having access to Tier 2 intervention in kindergarten or first grade were compared in Grades 1 and 2 with…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Kindergarten, Young Children, Models