Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Wilson, Shauna Brook
Author's Email Address	wilson@psy.fsu.edu
URN	etd-10122007-113914
Title	Emergent Literacy Screeners for Preschool Children: An Evaluation of Get Ready To Read! and Individual Growth and Development Indicators
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Psychology, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Christopher J. Lonigan Committee Chair Chris Schatschneider Committee Member Mark H. Licht Committee Member
Keywords	Screener Emergent Literacy ROC Curves Assessment Preschool
Date of Defense	2007-08-08
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Children’s reading success throughout elementary school can be predicted from their emergent literacy skills; thus, researchers have begun to increase their focus on preschool educational environments in an attempt to identify children at risk for later reading difficulty. Because in-depth diagnostic measures are often expensive and time-consuming to administer, researchers have developed emergent literacy screeners that can help identify children who have poor emergent literacy skills. In this study, 177 preschoolers were administered two emergent literacy screeners, the Get Ready to Read! (GRTR) and the Individual Growth and Development Indicators (IGDIs) and a diagnostic measure, the Test of Preschool Early Literacy (TOPEL) at two time points. Results suggested that the GRTR either matched or outperformed the IGDIs in terms of test-retest reliability, concurrent validity with the TOPEL, and the ability to predict TOPEL scores three months after initial screening.
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