Predicting Risk for Comorbid Reading and Mathematics Disability Using Fluency-Based Screening Assessments.

ABSTRACT: The first purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of risk for comorbid reading and mathematics disabilities (RMD) at start of first grade, when measured in a representative sample of 3,062 students with first-grade fluency measures (word reading; computation). The second purpose was to examine the utility of these measures for predicting RMD status within a sample of 577 students when RMD status was assessed at the end of second grade in terms of reading and math accuracy. When set at or below the 16^th percentile, first-grade risk for RMD was two times more common than chance; at or below the 7^th percentile, it was five times more common. Logistic regression showed that the two first-grade fluency measures accurately distinguished students with and without

SUBMITTER: Martin BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9159684 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature