| Title: | Stated Briefly: Can scores on an interim high school reading assessment accurately predict low performance on college readiness exams? |
| Description: | This "Stated Briefly" report is a companion piece that summarizes the results of another report of the same name. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which performance on Florida's interim reading assessment could be used to identify students who may not perform well on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) and ACT Plan. Data included the 2013/14 PSAT/NMSQT or ACT Plan results for students in grade 10 from two districts, as well as their grade 9 results on the Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading—Florida Standards (FAIR-FS). PSAT/NMSQT Critical Reading performance is best predicted in the study sample by a student's reading comprehension skills, while PSAT/NMSQT Mathematics and Writing performance is best predicted by a student's syntactic knowledge. Syntactic knowledge is the most important predictor of ACT Plan English, Reading, and Science in the study sample, whereas reading comprehension skills were found to best predict ACT Plan Mathematics results. Sensitivity rates ranged from 81 percent to 89 percent correct across all of the models. These results provide preliminary evidence that FAIR-FS scores could be used to create an early warning system for performance on both the PSAT/NMSQT and ACT Plan. |
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| Cover Date: | May 2016 |
| Web Release: | May 3, 2016 |
| Print Release: | May 3, 2016 |
| Publication #: | REL 2016134 General Ordering Information |
| Center/Program: | REL |
| Associated Centers: | NCEE |
| Authors: | Sharon Koon and Yaacov Petscher: Florida State University |
| Type of Product: | Stated Briefly |
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For questions about the content of this Stated Briefly, please contact: Amy Johnson. |