Nonsense Word Fluency adds no unique predictive information about first-grade reading when considered simultaneously with other DIBELS subtests¶

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Currency · newest study 2006 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2009: tool and model accuracy changes quickly

Subclaims¶

q3 i? In simultaneous regressions, Nonsense Word Fluency was not a significant predictor of first-grade Vocabulary, Language, or Reading, unlike in bivariate analyses. → Rouse 2006

Evidence¶

Rouse 2006¶

Rouse, H. L., & Fantuzzo, J. W. (2006). Validity of the Dynamic Indicators for Basic Early Literacy Skills as an Indicator of Early Literacy for Urban Kindergarten Children. School Psychology Review, 35(3), 341-355. https://doi.org/10.1080/02796015.2006.12087971

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Simultaneous regression analyses across the TerraNova outcomes found Nonsense Word Fluency was not a significant predictor; simultaneous consideration of constructs "vitiated the relationships between Nonsense Words and later reading outcomes."

"In contrast to findings from the univariate correlational analyses, simulta- neous consideration of these constructs vitiated the relationships between Nonsense Words and later reading outcomes."

Discussion¶

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