The Validity of the Screening Test of Academic Readiness in Predicting Achievement in First and Second Grades
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Educational and Psychological Measurement
- Vol. 37 (2) , 493-499
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001316447703700226
Abstract
The ability of the Screening Test of Academic Readiness (STAR) to predict academic achievement was assessed through using two samples of beginning kindergarten pupils from two successive years in a large midwest suburban school district. At the beginning of the first grade, the Stanford Early School Achievement Test (SESAT), Primary Battery II, was administered to both samples of pupils. Obtained STAR-SESAT correlations ranged from .087 to .700. In addition, the Stanford Achievement Test (SAT), Primary Battery I, was administered to one sample two years after the STAR administration, when the pupils were in the second grade. The STAR-SAT correlations ranged from .059 to .699. All but one of the 216 correlation coefficients were statistically significant. The total score on the STAR and the STAR Numbers subtest appeared to be the best predictors of academic achievement in both first and second grades.Keywords
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