Students with higher spring reading assessment scores in kindergarten through grade 3 also had higher KEI and grade 3 PSSA ELA scores¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Higher scores on SDP's annual spring reading assessments in kindergarten through grade 3 were associated with higher KEI scores and higher grade 3 PSSA in ELA scores. → Jessica F. Harding 2019

Evidence¶

Jessica F. Harding 2019¶

Jessica F. Harding, Mariesa Herrmann, Elias S. Hanno, Christine Ross. (2019). Using Kindergarten Entry Assessments to Measure Whether Philadelphia’s Students Are On-Track for Reading Proficiently. Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/mid-atlantic/

q2 · i? · associational · r2

A secondary correlational analysis reported in the study summary, relating SDP's annual spring reading assessments across kindergarten through grade 3 to KEI and PSSA ELA scores. The article prints no coefficients or effect sizes for this relationship.

"Students with higher scores on SDP's annual spring reading assessments in kindergarten through grade 3 also had higher KEI scores and grade 3 PSSA in ELA scores."

Discussion¶

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