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Two readiness measures as predictors of first and third‐grade reading achievement
Author(s) -
Randel Mildred A.,
Fry Maurine A.,
Ralls Elizabeth M.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197701)14:1<37::aid-pits2310140109>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - psychology , reading (process) , variance (accounting) , achievement test , test (biology) , intelligence quotient , regression analysis , developmental psychology , academic achievement , analysis of variance , grade level , statistics , standardized test , mathematics education , cognition , mathematics , paleontology , accounting , neuroscience , political science , law , business , biology
Multiple‐regression procedures were used to assess the effectiveness of the ABC Inventory and the Metropolitan Readiness Test (MRT) in predicting first and third‐grade reading achievement. Sex and chronological age were included in the first‐grade analysis ( N = 62) and the first‐grade PMA intelligence test score was added to the equation in predicting third‐grade reading ( N = 65). MRT performance accounted for 11% of the variance in first‐grade SRA reading scores ( R = .34). In predicting third‐grade reading, the MRT accounted for 26% of the variance and the PMA IQ scores accounted for an additional 6% (final multiple R = .57). No other predictor made a significant contribution to explaining variance in first or third‐grade reading achievement.