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Original Articles

The Neale Scales of Early Childhood Development and Later Reading Performance: A multivariate analysisFootnote

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Pages 133-143 | Published online: 07 Jul 2006
 

Abstract

A multivariate analysis of variance, using three factors obtained from a pre‐school developmental index (Neale Scales) as the dependent variables, and group membership based on subsequent longitudinal reading performance as the independent variables, resulted in a significant multivariate F for a sample of 204 children (p<.0001). Step‐down tests and post hoc comparisons indicated that a factor termed ‘receptive language ability’ accounted for most of the between‐group variance. This factor was able to distinguish in a longitudinal study between initially poor readers who improved in time (the slow starters) compared to those who did not improve (the failing group).

∗ Based in part on a longitudinal study by M.D. Neale from 1970‐1974 and funded jointly by ERDC and AACRDE.

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∗ Based in part on a longitudinal study by M.D. Neale from 1970‐1974 and funded jointly by ERDC and AACRDE.

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