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Assessing the word recognition skills of German elementary students in silent reading

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Titel	Assessing the word recognition skills of German elementary students in silent reading
Untertitel	psychometric properties of an item pool to generate curriculum-based measurements
Erscheinungsjahr	2020
Band	10
Heft-Nr.	2
Jahr	2020
Publikationsform	Elektronische Ressource
Publikationsart	Zeitschriftenartikel
Sprache	Englisch
DOI	10.3390/educsci10020035
Letzte Änderung	25.09.2020 06:04:59
Bearbeitungsstatus	durch UB Rostock abschließend validiert
Dauerhafte URL	http://purl.uni-rostock.de/fodb/pub/64159
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Abstract

Given the high proportion of struggling readers in school and the long-term negative consequences of underachievement for those affected, the question of prevention options arises. The early identification of central indicators for reading literacy is a noteworthy starting point. In this context, curriculum-based measurements have established themselves as reliable and valid instruments for monitoring the progress of learning processes. This article is dedicated to the assessment of word recognition in silent reading as an indicator of adequate reading fluency. The process of developing an item pool is described, from which instruments for learning process diagnostics can be derived. A sample of 4268 students from grades 1-4 processed a subset of items. Each student template included anchor items, which all students processed. Using Item Response Theory, item statistics were estimated for the entire sample and all items. After eliminating unsuitable items (N = 206), a one-dimensional, homogeneous pool of items remained. In addition, there are high correlations with another established reading test. This provides the first evidence that the recording of word recognition skills for silent reading can be seen as an economic indicator for reading skills. Although the item pool forms an important basis for the extraction of curriculum-based measurements, further investigations to assess the diagnostic suitability (e.g., the measurement invariance over different test times) are still pending.

Autoren

Blumenthal, Stefan
Blumenthal, Yvonne