Kindergarten Prediction of Reading Achievement: A Seven-Year Longitudinal Follow-Up

Abstract

This paper presents a seven-year longitudinal evaluation of the utility of a kindergarten screening battery for predicting achievement. Based on use of discriminant function analysis and statistical decision theory, results revealed that the battery, administered initially in kindergarten, retained high utility for predicting current achievement outcomes at the end of Grade 6 in this sample.

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