Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Pope, Margaret
Committee Member
Prince, Debra
Committee Member
Scholtes, Tina
Committee Member
Devlin, Sandy
Date of Degree
4-30-2011
Document Type
Dissertation - Open Access
Major
Elementary Education
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
College
College of Education
Department
Department of Educational Leadership
Abstract
Early identification of children with reading problems is a vital element of academic success at all grade levels. Thus, it is crucial that educators select and implement efficient reading assessments and procedures. The purpose of this study was to investigate third grade archival data of students over a 2-year period at one school to determine if a relationship existed between the DIBELS 3rd grade oral reading fluency scores and the reading scores on Stanford Achievement Test and the reading scores on the Alabama Reading and Math Test. Archival data from 80 third grade African American students who were assessed with all three assessments was used to conduct this study. Pearson and Spearman statistical tests were performed on the data to examine the relationship between DIBELS (oral reading fluency) and the reading section of the Stanford Achievement Test and the reading section of the Alabama Reading and Math Test. The results indicated a relationship existed between DIBELS oral reading fluency scores and the reading scores on Stanford Achievement Test and the reading scores on the Alabama Reading and Math Test during the 2009-2010 school years.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/19332
Recommended Citation
Curry, Alicia Lenise, "The Relationship Between DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency Scores and Reading Scores on High-Stakes Assessments" (2011). Theses and Dissertations. 4606.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/4606