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Using Nonsense Word Fluency to Predict Reading Proficiency in Kindergarten through Second Grade for English Learners and Native English Speakers
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Fien, Hank; Baker, Scott K.; Smolkowski, Keith; Smith, Jean L. Mercier; Kame'enui, Edward J.; Beck, Carrie Thomas – School Psychology Review, 2008
This study examined the validity of Nonsense Word Fluency as an index of beginning reading proficiency for students in kindergarten through second grade. Validity evidence for Nonsense Word Fluency is addressed in the context of research-based instructional practices implemented on a large scale. Technical adequacy data are presented for all…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Early Reading, Beginning Reading, School Psychologists
Assessing Narrative Comprehension in Young Children.
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Paris, Alison H.; Paris, Scott G. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2003
Explains the creation and validation of the Narrative Comprehension of Picture Books task (NC task), an assessment of young children's comprehension of wordless picture books. Creates and tests assessment materials and procedures that can be used with young children, whether or not they can decode print. Discusses how narrative comprehension is…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comprehension, Evaluation Methods, Narration
Children's Prereading Skills and Strategies: Development of an Assessment Inventory.
Osborn, Julia B. – 1979
The Pre-Reading Assessment Inventory (PRAI) was designed to fill a need for a wide-range, individually administered diagnostic test of a child's prereading skills (especially auditory blending and segmenting), knowledge, encoding and decoding strategies, and understandings about the reading task. The test development was based upon the research…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Diagnostic Tests, Early Childhood Education, Educational Strategies
Measuring Alphabetic Reading Skills in a Group: New Alternatives
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De Graff, Amanda J.; Torgesen, Joseph K. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2005
This study examined the validity and feasibility of a group-administered test of alphabetic reading skills for first-grade students. Two versions of a phonemic spelling test (production and multiple-choice) were administered in classroom groups to 153 students. Measures of vocabulary, phoneme awareness, letter sound knowledge, phonemic decoding,…
Descriptors: Spelling, Phonemics, Beginning Reading, Sight Vocabulary
Invitational Conference on Testing Problems. Proceedings (New York City, November 2, 1968).
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1968
Papers presented at this conference discussed the educational evaluation and the problems of the socially disadvantaged. Topics were: "The Comparative Field Experiment: An Illustration from High School Biology," by Richard C. Anderson; "Evaluation of Teacher Training in a Title III Center," by Ethna R. Reid; "Evaluating a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Reading, Biology, Cost Effectiveness
Adult Literacy and Numeracy: Assessing Change. Adult Literacy Research Network.
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Cumming, J. Joy, Ed.; van Kraayenoord, Christina E., Ed. – 1996
This document contains eight papers from an action research program to foster good practice in adult literacy provision and policy. "Introduction" (J. Joy Cumming, Christina E. van Kraayenoord) presents an overview of the action research project and individual reports. "Assessment: Making a Difference in Adult Literacy and Numeracy…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs