Can Scores on an Interim High School Reading Assessment Accurately Predict Low Performance on College Readiness Exams? REL 2016-124

Autor/inn/en	Koon, Sharon; Petscher, Yaacov
Institution	Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast (ED); National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (ED); Florida State University, Florida Center for Reading Research
Titel	Can Scores on an Interim High School Reading Assessment Accurately Predict Low Performance on College Readiness Exams? REL 2016-124
Quelle	(2016), (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Petscher, Yaacov) Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Reading Tests; Scores; Predictor Variables; College Readiness; High School Students; Grade 9; Grade 10; College Entrance Examinations; Accuracy; At Risk Students; Identification; Reading Comprehension; Reading Achievement; Mathematics Achievement; Syntax; Writing Achievement; Science Achievement; Florida; ACT Assessment; National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test; Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesetest; Prädiktor; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Aufnahmeprüfung; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Leseverstehen; Leseleistung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Assessment; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Hochschulzulassung; Scholarship; Scholarships; Stipendium
Abstract	During the 2013/14 school year two Florida school districts sought to develop an early warning system to identify students at risk of low performance on college readiness measures in grade 11 or 12 (such as the SAT or ACT) in order to support them with remedial coursework prior to high school graduation. The study presented in this report provides preliminary evidence that scores on an interim reading assessment in grade 9, the Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading-Florida Standards (FAIR-FS), can be used to identify students who may score below the college readiness benchmark on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test or ACT Plan in grade 10. The percentage of students not meeting the college readiness benchmark who were correctly identified by the Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading-Florida Standards as at risk ranged from 81 percent to 96 percent. Classification accuracy depended on the assessment and subject area being predicted. Using scores on an existing interim reading assessment in an early warning system could enable districts to identify at-risk students without additional testing burden, time away from instruction, or cost. Key findings include: (1) FAIR-FS reading comprehension scores predict PSAT/NMSQT critical reading performance with 89 percent sensitivity; (2) FAIR-FS syntactic knowledge scores predict PSAT/NMSQT math performance with 81 percent sensitivity and writing performance with 84 percent sensitivity; (3) FAIR-FS syntactic knowledge scores predict ACT Plan English performance with 81 percent sensitivity, reading performance with 84 percent sensitivity, and science performance with 96 percent sensitivity; and (4) FAIR-FS reading comprehension scores predict ACT Plan math performance with 83 percent sensitivity. Data sources and methodology are appended. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Available from: Florida Center for Reading Research, Florida State University, 2010 Levy Avenue Suite 100, Tallahassee, FL 32310. Tel: 850-644-9352; e-mail: rel-se@fsu.edu; Web site: http://rel-se.fcrr.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01