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Reading fluency: implications for the assessment of children with reading disabilities

Meisinger, Elizabeth B., Bloom, Juliana S., Hynd, George W.·2010·Annals of Dyslexia
DOI 10.1007/s11881-009-0031-z
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The current investigation explored the diagnostic utility of reading fluency measures in the identification of children with reading disabilities. Participants were 50 children referred to a university-based clinic because of suspected reading problems and/or a prior diagnosis of dyslexia, where children completed a battery of standardized intellectual, reading achievement, and processing measures. Within this clinical sample, a group of children were identified that exhibited specific deficits in their reading fluency skills with concurrent deficits in rapid naming speed and reading comprehension. This group of children would not have been identified as having a reading disability according to assessment of single word reading skills alone, suggesting that it is essential to assess reading fluency in addition to word reading because failure to do so may result in the under-identification of children with reading disabilities.

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Metadata

Authors
Meisinger, E. B., Bloom, J. S., & Hynd, G. W.
Affiliations
  • University of Memphis (US)
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
  • Arizona State University (US)
Corresponding author
Meisinger, Elizabeth B.
ORCID
Hynd, George W.
Venue
Annals of Dyslexia
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2009-12-24
Volume
60
Issue
1
Pages
1-17
ISSN
  • 0736-9387 (ISSN-L)
  • 1934-7243
DOI
10.1007/s11881-009-0031-z
OpenAlex
W2019709902
Cited by
82
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FWCI
6.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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Locations
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Funders
U.S. Public Health Service (26890-06)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
Keywords
reading fluency, reading disorders, dyslexia, reading comprehension, underidentification, diagnostic value, word reading, children
MeSH terms
Child, Child Behavior, Child Development, Cognition, Dyslexia, Female, Humans, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Reading, Wechsler Scales, Comprehension

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