Initial Evidence That Letter Fluency Tasks Are Valid Indicators of Early Reading Skill

By D. Speece, C. Mills, Kristen D. Ritchey, Elgen Hillman. 2003

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Predictive Validity of Early Literacy Indicators From the Middle of Kindergarten to Second Grade (2009, methodology): “An initial hypothesized model was developed on the basis of previous research on DIBELS (Burke & Hagan-Burke, 2007; Good, Simmons, et al., 2001; Hagan-Burke et al., 2006; Hintze et al., 2003; Speece et al., 2003) and reading acquisition (Carver, 1993; Coyne et al.”
Screening for At-Risk Readers in a Response to Intervention Framework (2007, methodology): “Speece et al. (2003) found a similar poor sensitivity (50”
Counting and rapid naming predict the fluency of arithmetic and reading skills (2016, background): “suggested as a possible underlying skill in both reading and arithmetic development (LeFevre et al., 2010; Speece et al., 2003), as well as in counting and RAN (LeFevre et al.”
The building blocks of writing: Learning to write letters and spell words (2008, unknown): “Alternate-forms reliability (r = .86–.93; Good, Simmons, and Kame’enui cited in DIBELS, 2001; Speece, Mills, Ritchey, & Hillman, 2003 ) and concurrent and predictive criterionrelated validity with word reading (r = .50–.70; Daly, Wright, Kelly, & Meadows, 1997; Good et al., cited in DIBELS, 2001; O”