Heterogeneity or Homogeneity: What Assessment Data Reveal About Struggling Adolescent Readers

被引:19
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作者
Dennis, Danielle V. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ S Florida, Tampa, FL 33620 USA
关键词
ages; 11-14; assessment; diagnosis; at risk; struggling; exploratory/confirmatory factor analysis; correlation; READING-COMPREHENSION; DISABILITIES; VOCABULARY; STUDENTS; FLUENCY;
D O I
10.1177/1086296X12468431
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
The confluence of No Child Left Behind and the National Reading Panel report on the five essential components of reading instruction forged a path for struggling adolescent readers that supports a narrow curriculum designed to address gaps in constrained skills. Adolescents from a large school district in the state of Tennessee who failed state assessments in reading (N = 94) were assessed using measures of phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, orthography, vocabulary, and comprehension. Factor and cluster analysis of the assessment data revealed a heterogeneous population of students. Based on three factors (meaning, rate, and word knowledge), four clusters emerged representing varying abilities.
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页数:19
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