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An Evaluation of the PPVT-R and VMI for Screening Preschoolers Who Are At Risk for Reading Disabilities

David J. Majsterek is Associate Professor of Special Education, Bowling Green State University.

Elizabeth N. Lord

Elizabeth N. Lord is Coordinator of Special Education, North Ridgeville City Schools, Ohio.

This school-based study examined the relationship between 84 preschoolers' performance on two widely used preschool screening instruments, and teacher ratings of reading performance at the close of first grade. At prekindergarten screening 4- and 5-year-olds were evaluated with the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised and Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration. Biserial correlations were computed for each test and separate appraisals of decoding and sight-word vocabulary skills. A significant positive relationship was found between PPVT-R scores and sight-word reading (r = .41, p ≤ .01). In retrospect, analysis of variance indicated that the group of first graders with poor sight-word vocabularies performed significantly lower on the PPVT-R (p = ≤ .02) than their classmates.

Assessment for Effective Intervention, Vol. 16, No. 2-3, 173-179 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/153450849101600312


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