TY - JOUR
T1 - Early identification of young struggling readers
T2 - Preliminary benchmarks for intervention for students in years one and two in schools in New South Wales
AU - Reynolds, Meree
AU - Wheldall, Kevin
AU - Madelaine, Alison
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - It is now widely acknowledged that early intervention programs should be provided for young students who are experiencing difficulty in learning to read. It is important, therefore, to have efficient ways of identifying students who are most in need of intervention. The aim of this study was to establish preliminary performance benchmarks to identify the bottom 25% of year 1 and year 2 students in NSW schools at two key points in the school year. Students from grades 1 and 2 (n = 335) at two schools nominated as performing at state average levels were assessed on a battery of tests assessing various aspects of reading and related skills at the beginning and in the middle of the school year. Preliminary estimates of benchmarks for determining the bottom quartile of students were thereby obtained together with estimates of average performance at these two points in the school year to serve as performance goals for intervention.
AB - It is now widely acknowledged that early intervention programs should be provided for young students who are experiencing difficulty in learning to read. It is important, therefore, to have efficient ways of identifying students who are most in need of intervention. The aim of this study was to establish preliminary performance benchmarks to identify the bottom 25% of year 1 and year 2 students in NSW schools at two key points in the school year. Students from grades 1 and 2 (n = 335) at two schools nominated as performing at state average levels were assessed on a battery of tests assessing various aspects of reading and related skills at the beginning and in the middle of the school year. Preliminary estimates of benchmarks for determining the bottom quartile of students were thereby obtained together with estimates of average performance at these two points in the school year to serve as performance goals for intervention.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859395629&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19404158.2011.586711
DO - 10.1080/19404158.2011.586711
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84859395629
SN - 1940-4158
VL - 16
SP - 127
EP - 143
JO - Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties
JF - Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties
IS - 2
ER -