A large share of black fourth-graders score below NAEP Basic in reading, and the article argues many are children with undiagnosed dyslexia¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? For more than a decade NAEP data have shown that more than half of black fourth graders perform below the NAEP Basic level in reading, compared to about 20% of white students. → Laura Cassidy 2023 q2 i? Students below NAEP Basic show poor oral reading fluency and weak decoding, a constellation the authors note is characteristic of dyslexia. → Laura Cassidy 2023 (2)

Evidence¶

Laura Cassidy 2023¶

Laura Cassidy, Kayla Reggio, Bennett A. Shaywitz and Sally E. Shaywitz. (2023). Prevalence of undiagnosed dyslexia in African-American primary school children. npj Science of Learning 8:52. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00204-8

q2 · i? · associational · r1

The article reports repeated NAEP waves (the Nation's Report Card, reading and math scores of several thousand fourth and eighth graders every two years); this comparison is drawn from those reported data, not a new experiment.

"For more than a decade NAEP data have consistently demonstrated that more than half of black fourth graders perform below the NAEP Basic level in reading compared to about 20% of white students"

Laura Cassidy 2023 (2)¶

Laura Cassidy, Kayla Reggio, Bennett A. Shaywitz and Sally E. Shaywitz. (2023). Prevalence of undiagnosed dyslexia in African-American primary school children. npj Science of Learning 8:52. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00204-8

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Quote is from White and associates' examination of a nationally representative sample of more than 1800 fourth-grade students from 180 public schools, assessing decoding, sight word reading and oral reading fluency; the review attributes this finding to that work.

"significant percentages of the students who perform below the NAEP Basic level on the 4 th grade NAEP reading assessment have poor oral reading fluency and foundational skills"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Sharing a dyslexia diagnosis with the child is associated with feeling empowered, while undiagnosed dyslexia is linked to poor self-view and the school-to-prison pipeline — related
• Large shares of U.S. 4th and 8th graders read below the NAEP Basic level in reading comprehension — related
• Most U.S. 8th graders read below proficiency: 69 percent fall below the proficient level and 26 percent below the basic level on the 2007 NAEP reading assessment — related