Document Type

Dissertation

Degree

Doctor of Education

Major

Education, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

Date of Defense

5-1-2012

Graduate Advisor

Carole H. Murphy, EdD

Committee

Carole Murphy

Kathleen Brown

Cody Ding

Margaret Dolan

Abstract

Increased scrutiny of educational proficiency targets has intensified the urgency for educators to identify measurements that indicate students’ likelihood of eventual achievement in reading. This regression analysis explored the relationship between nonverbal ability in kindergarten as measured by the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT) and eventual third-grade achievement in reading and writing as measured by the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP). Naglieri and Ronning (2000) found a range of correlational r values from .49 to .56 when comparing NNAT results to results from the Stanford Achievement Test 9 (SAT-9) in reading when tested concurrently at various grade levels. The present research examined data from two cohorts of students (n = 794, 795) and produced correlational r values of .50 and .44 with a four-year span between assessment administrations. These r values are similar to those found in other research comparing ability with reading achievement in the early childhood years. Furthermore, this study examined the results of multiple regression analysis between seven student demographic subgroup categories and identified the NNAT’s ability to predict MAP achievement for each group.

OCLC Number

794273377

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