PA466: New Developments in Spelling Assessments and Implications for Reading

Wednesday, February 14, 2024
2:00 PM–2:50 PM CST

  • PMD: 2,5
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Poster Session 4: Recent Developments in Assessment and Research

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. describe how spelling fits within the science of reading and states' trends around early literacy screening;
  2. explain the development and psychometric properties of a new spelling screening measure; and
  3. apply knowledge of how to look at student spelling errors to inform instruction.

Description

This session introduces a new spelling screener, along with discussion of how spelling fits within the science of reading, state trends around spelling, and how student spelling errors inform instruction.

Presenter(s)

Kelly C. Patrick, University of Utah

Contributor(s)

Michelle Hosp, Scott R. McConnell, PhD

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