The Gates-MacGinitie Readiness Skills Test and Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities as predictors of first-grade reading

Abstract

Central Michigan UriiversityCom ares the effectiveness of the Gatea-MacCinitie Readiness Skills Test (G-hf) and Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) for redicting reading achievement in grade one and studies whether either test digrentially predicts reading in an i.t.a. ap roach cr a t.o. sight approach. Subjects in grade one were administered t i e G-M, a measure of intelligence, and the ITPA at the beginning of the school year and the Lee-Clark Reading Tests at the end of the year. Subjects were learning to read in two approaches to reading 4 . t . a and t.0. sight-oriented approach. Relationships between the G-M, I&, ITPA, and reading were analyzed using Pearson-Product Moment Correlations, Partial Correlations with intelligence controlled, and Stepwise Regression Analyses. The G-M was found to be a better predictor of reading than the ITPA for both i.t.a. and t.0. groups. The relative importance of specific subtests waa found to depend on the factors of reading groups and/or sex. Future research may find a combination of available reading readinesv tests to be most predictive of reading.