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Christine M. White; Christopher Schatschneider – Contemporary School Psychology, 2024
Universal screening to predict students' risk for reading problems is a foundational component of the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support framework and is required by law in many US states. School or district administrators are tasked with selecting screening assessments that are both technically adequate and feasible given the resources of their…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Reading Tests, Reading Difficulties, Classification
Christine M. White; Christopher Schatschneider – Grantee Submission, 2023
Universal screening to predict students' risk for reading problems is a foundational component of the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support framework and is required by law in many US states. School or district administrators are tasked with selecting screening assessments that are both technically adequate and feasible given the resources of their…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Reading Tests, Reading Difficulties, Classification
Deborah Renae Hollingsworth – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Adolescent mental health is a growing concern in the United States. Children who experience mental health issues struggle in the school environment if their needs are not met. Teachers play a critical role in the classroom when identifying students who struggle with mental health issues. The purposes of this convergent, parallel mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Social Emotional Learning, Mental Health, Student Welfare
Baldwin, Erika; Heilmann, John; Finneran, Denise; Cho, Chi C.; Moyle, Maura – Journal of Research in Reading, 2022
Background: Numerous studies have observed a significant and unique relationship between children's use of nonmainstream dialect and reading outcomes. We aimed to examine the relationship between nonmainstream dialect and reading at its roots by completing a preliminary evaluation of the relationship between African American English (AAE) dialect…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, African American Students, Structural Equation Models, Reading Skills
Chow, Jason C.; Frey, Jennifer R.; Naples, Lauren H. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2021
We investigated the associations between teacher-rated and direct assessments of early elementary students' speech and language skills to explore whether using teachers as primary screeners yielded assessment data that reliably identified young students with language difficulties who many need a more comprehensive evaluation. We assessed first-…
Descriptors: Correlation, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Speech Communication
Duff, Fiona J.; Mengoni, Silvana E.; Bailey, Alison M.; Snowling, Margaret J. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2015
Background: Introduced in June 2012, the phonics screening check aims to assess whether 6-year-old children are meeting an appropriate standard in phonic decoding and to identify children struggling with phonic skills. Aims: We investigated whether the check is a valid measure of phonic skill and is sensitive in identifying children at risk of…
Descriptors: Phonics, Screening Tests, Young Children, Decoding (Reading)
MacFarlane, Ian M.; Henry, Courtney L.; Nash, Trisha; Kissel, Susan; Bush, David – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2015
This article reports on a study evaluating the clinical utility of three clinical assessment measures commonly used in university counseling centers: the Outcome Questionnaire-45 (OQ-45), the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms, and the College Adjustment Scales. Results found subscales assessing depression and anxiety were…
Descriptors: Psychological Testing, Diagnostic Tests, Screening Tests, Student Evaluation
Corrigan, M. J.; Gurdineer, E. E. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2012
Objective: This article reports on two separate studies of reliability of the Adolescent Domain Screening Inventory (ADSI), test-retest and internal consistency analyses. The ADSI has shown adequate validity, although reliability has not been established. Methods: Study 1: Students were recruited from two undergraduate courses (N = 29).…
Descriptors: Evidence, Student Evaluation, Data Analysis, Screening Tests
Foorman, Barbara R.; Kershaw, Sarah; Petscher, Yaacov – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2013
Florida requires that students who do not meet grade-level reading proficiency standards on the end-of-year state assessment (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, FCAT) receive intensive reading intervention. With the stakes so high, teachers and principals are interested in using screening or diagnostic assessments to identify students with a…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, At Risk Students, Reading Skills, Reading Difficulties
Stanfa, Kathleen M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In this study, a dynamic assessment was used to measure the morphological analysis skills of participating sixth graders. The primary aim of this research was to examine the utility of this dynamic assessment and specifically to identify whether this measure can differentiate among students based on reading proficiency. Twenty-seven…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Fluency, Predictive Validity, Problem Solving

Tsushima, William T.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
With no substantial relationship between the Screening Test of Academic Readiness (STAR) and the Metropolitan Readiness Test scores and low correlation between the STAR and teachers' rankings, the findings indicate the STAR may not be an effective screening test for kindergarten pupils in a population of children with superior intelligence…
Descriptors: Correlation, Gifted, Kindergarten Children, Males

Channell, Ron W.; Peek, Michelle S. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1989
Thirty-six children, aged four-five, completed four vocabulary measures: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised, Picture Vocabulary subtest of the Test of Oral Language Development, Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test, and Receptive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test. Only moderate correlations were found among these tests, implying that a…
Descriptors: Correlation, Expressive Language, Handicap Identification, Learning Disabilities

Horn, Wade F.; Packard, Thomas – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
Data on the early prediction of learning problems was summarized by a meta analysis of 58 studies reporting correlations between measures administered in kindergarten or first grade and later reading achievement. The best single predictors of achievement were attention-distractibility, internalizing behavior problems, and language variables.…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Problems, Correlation, Early Identification
Erford, Bradley T.; Hase, Kelly – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2006
Accurate screening of disruptive behavior disorders such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder are a priority in elementary schools and child guidance clinics but they can be challenging because of symptom overlap with other disorders. The use of behavioral rating scales for assessing children's…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Elementary School Students, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Test Reliability
Molfese, Victoria J.; Molfese, Dennis L.; Modglin, Arlene T.; Walker, Jennifer; Neamon, Jessica – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2004
This study examined a new screening tool (Get Ready to Read) for assessing early reading skills in 73 three-year-old and 79 four-year-old children from low-income families and relating performance to more extensive assessments of phonological sensitivity and language skills (vocabulary and print knowledge) that have been found to be related to the…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Low Income Groups, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy