Early Detection of Dyslexia Risk Development of Brief, Teacher-Administered Screens

• Published in: Learning disability quarterly Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 145 - 231
• Main Authors: Fletcher, Jack M., Francis, David J., Foorman, Barbara R., Schatschneider, Christopher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications, Inc 01.08.2021; SAGE Publications; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC; SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities
• Subjects: At risk populations; At Risk Students; Barriers; Decision theory; Diagnostic tests; Disability Identification; Dyslexia; Elementary school students; Grade 1; Grade 2; Item Response Theory; Kindergarten; Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence; Phonological Awareness; Prediction; Predictive Validity; Reading Difficulties; Reading instruction; Reading Skills; Screening Tests; Special Series: Conceptualization, Identification, and Treatment of Dyslexia; Teachers; Teaching Methods; Test Construction; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Vocabulary; Texas; early screening; TPRI; early intervention; dyslexia

Many states now mandate early screening for dyslexia, but vary in how they address these mandates. There is confusion about the nature of screening versus diagnostic assessments, risk versus diagnosis, concurrent versus predictive validity, and inattention to indices of classification accuracy as th...