Children's reading success throughout elementary school can be predicted from their emergent literacy skills; thus, researchers have begun to increase their focus on preschool educational environments in an attempt to identify children at risk for later reading difficulty. Because in-depth diagnostic measures are often expensive and time-consuming to administer, researchers have developed emergent literacy screeners that can help identify children who have poor emergent literacy skills. In this study, 177 preschoolers were administered two emergent literacy screeners, the Get Ready to Read! (GRTR) and the Individual Growth and Development Indicators (IGDIs) and a diagnostic measure, the Test of Preschool Early Literacy (TOPEL) at two time points. Results suggested that the GRTR either matched or outperformed the IGDIs in terms of test-retest reliability, concurrent validity with the TOPEL, and the ability to predict TOPEL scores three months after initial screening. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2007. / Date of Defense: August 8, 2007. / Screener, Emergent Literacy, ROC Curves, Assessment, Preschool / Includes bibliographical references. / Christopher J. Lonigan, Professor Directing Thesis; Mark H. Licht, Committee Member; Chris Schatschneider, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_169138 |
| Contributors | Wilson, Shauna Brook (authoraut), Lonigan, Christopher J. (professor directing thesis), Licht, Mark H. (committee member), Schatschneider, Chris (committee member), Department of Psychology (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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