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Download full textMEYERSON, DANIEL W. – 1967
BASED ON THE HYPOTHESIS THAT KEPHART PERCEPTUAL TRAINING WOULD SHARPEN VISUAL PERCEPTION IN PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED KINDERGARTENERS, THIS PROGRAM STUDIED 58 SUCH CHILDREN ACCORDING TO THREE CATEGORIES (1) THE FROSTIG DEVELOPMENTAL TEST OF VISUAL PERCEPTION, (2) SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS, AND (3) VISUAL ACUITY (KEENNESS). THE CHILDREN WERE DIVIDED…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Kindergarten Children, Perceptual Development, Perceptual Handicaps
GUNDERSON, DORIS V. – 1964
RESEARCH IS COMPILED ON THE TOPIC OF READING READINESS. NUMEROUS RESEARCH STUDIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT CHILDREN VARY GREATLY IN THE DEGREE TO WHICH THEY POSSESS "READING READINESS" AND THAT CHILDREN ARE DEFINITELY AIDED BY A READING READINESS PROGRAM. DISAGREEMENT EXISTS AMONG READING AUTHORITIES ON CERTAIN ASPECTS OF READINESS. AREAS…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Reading, Reading Development, Reading Instruction
EFRON, MARVIN – 1965
A "READING EYE" CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHED THE EYE MOVEMENTS OF 46 KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN OF MIDDLE-RANGE INTELLIGENCE. MOVING TARGETS WERE USED IN ORDER TO MEASURE OCULOMOTOR SKILLS--(1) OCULAR MOBILITY OR FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT OF THE EYES, (2) ACCURACY OF FIXATION, AND (3) VISUAL CONVERGENCE AND FUSION. SCORES FROM THE METROPOLITAN READINESS…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedSilberberg, Norman; And Others – The Elementary School Journal, 1968
A study was conducted to determine which subtests of the Gates Reading Readiness Tests have greatest predictive efficiency. An experiment to assess the effect of training in reading readiness on 222 kindergarten children (107 girls and 115 boys) provided the data for the research. The experimental group received 2 months' reading readiness…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Kindergarten, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
Norton, Daniel P.; Faunce, Richard W. – 1972
Evaluation of the Pyramid Reading Program, Title I, ESEA, of the Minneapolis Public Schools was carried out using sibling methodology. The reading readiness at entry of kindergarten students was compared with that of their older siblings at their time of first grade entry, and fourth grade reading achievements will also be compared. The first…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedTokar, Edward B.; Holthouse, Norman D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1977
The Metropolitan Readiness Tests were correlated with teacher ratings of reading readiness for a sample of kindergarten pupils. Correlations support the concurrent validity of the instrument. (JKS)
Descriptors: Kindergarten Children, Preschool Teachers, Primary Education, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedSpaanenburg, Linda B. W. – Reading Teacher, 1984
Concludes that potential users of the Clymer-Barrett Readiness Test should exercise caution in drawing inferences or conclusions about children on the basis of anything other than raw score data associated with the measure. (FL)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedPikulski, John J. – Reading World, 1974
Reviews several instruments frequently used in evaluating a pre-first grade child's readiness for learning to read with the focus on the extent to which published research has raised or resolved questions regarding the use of these instruments. (TO)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Prereading Experience, Preschool Children, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedEvanechko, Peter; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1973
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Linguistic Competence, Reading Achievement, Reading Readiness
Lowell, Robert E. – New Engl Reading Assoc J, 1970
Investigates selected reading readiness tests and points out that they measure a single generalized factor of readiness. The subtest concerning alphabet letter names provides the best predictor of successful reading in the tests examined. Bibliography. (RW)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Factor Analysis, Predictive Validity, Reading Achievement
Rudman, Herbert C.; Raudenbush, Stephen W. – 1987
This study is the second in a series designed to explore the probable consequences of exceeding the prescribed time limits in the administration of standardized achievement tests. This study considered whether the test user could apply norms that accompany the test if departures were made from established time limits, and whether increased testing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Decision Making, Demography
Kahl, Stuart R.; And Others – 1995
The assessment instruments of the Maine Educational Assessment emphasize extended constructed-response questions. The results from these assessments are reported in terms of percentages of students at four performance levels. The Student-Based Constructed-Response Method was used to establish performance standards for these levels on the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Constructed Response, Cutting Scores
Nevada State Dept. of Education, Carson City. Planning, Research and Evaluation Branch. – 1989
The Nevada Proficiency Examination Program was established by the Nevada State Legislature in 1977 to identify students who might require additional assistance to maintain normal academic progress through school and to serve as a minimum competency examination, insuring that each student who receives a high school diploma has met certain minimum…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11, Grade 3
Calvery, Robert; And Others – 1992
Arkansas law requires that each student aged 7 through 16 years in a home school program be tested annually using a nationally recognized standardized test chosen by the students' parents from a list of tests approved by the state. Achievement for home schooled and public schooled students in Arkansas was compared for grades 4, 7, and 10 using 6…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
New Orleans Public Schools, Louisiana. Dept. of Educational Accountability. – 1994
This report examines absenteeism and its relationship to performance on the California Achievement Tests (CAT) and the Graduation Exit Examinations (GEE) administered in the New Orleans (Louisiana) public schools in the spring of 1993. It also focuses on the need to report test data in a manner that more accurately reflects a district's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Attendance, Criterion Referenced Tests
