Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Crawford, Elizabeth Catherine
URN	etd-01312010-113708
Title	Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading (FAIR) - Expressive Vocabulary Measure: Development, Validation, and Its Relation to Reading
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy
Department	Communication Disorders, School of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Howard Goldstein Committee Chair Barbara Foorman Committee Co-Chair Joanne Lasker Committee Member Stephanie Al Otaiba University Representative
Keywords	Reading Assessment Vocabulary
Date of Defense	2009-12-07
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This study investigated the development and validation of the Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading (FAIR) expressive vocabulary measure. Three hundred, seventy-one children from two school districts representative of the demographics of Florida were tested in the spring of the 2008-09 school year. Results indicated that this new measure was associated with performance on outcome measures of kindergarten word reading and first and second grade reading comprehension. It was equally associated with outcome measures for children qualifying for Free and Reduced Lunch (FRL), English Language Learners (ELL), and Minority students except for students qualifying for FRL in Kindergarten. However, when reading ability was held constant, the differential prediction was no longer significant. The FAIR measure had a strong relation with the EVT-2 averaging .80 across the three grades indicative of concurrent validity. Item difficulty had a small correlation with imageability and a moderate, negative correlation with word frequency. The added value of prompting was investigated and surprisingly was found to contribute to low student probabilities of answering an item correctly after receiving a prompt and did not add any value when predicting to a reading outcome. The results of this study suggest that FAIR may provide a viable assessment option that balances ease and time of administration with predictive power and connection to instruction.
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