A Cross-Modal Assessment of Reading Achievement in Children

Abstract

This study examined the predictive ability of the Listen and Look (LL) test of cross-modal perception and the Metropolitan Readiness Test (MRT) in relation to reading achievement (teacher rating, Systematic Approach to Reading Improvement, and reading grades) and to other achievement measures. Effects of child's age and sex on test scores and achievement also were investigated. Data from 79 first grade pupils were analyzed using linear regression models for single predictors with a stepwise procedure for multiple predictors. A correlation matrix of all variables was computed. Both the LL and MRT demonstrated predictive validity in relation to reading achievement and to other achievement measures with percentage of explained variance larger for the LL on all but one achievement measure. The LL and MRT were significantly correlated.