Current theoretical interpretations of naming speed and the research literature on its relation
to reading are reviewed in this article. The authors examine naming speed's effects across …

The idea of Matthew effects in reading—the widening achievement gap between good and
poor readers—has attracted considerable attention in education research in the past 25 …

We examined the age of onset, over-time dynamics, and mechanisms underlying science
achievement gaps in US elementary and middle schools. To do so, we estimated multilevel …

This chapter lays the foundation for an understanding of what reading comprehension is and
how it is conceptualised in the literature. It develops the notion that reading comprehension …

All alphabetic orthographies use letters in printed words to represent the phonemes in
spoken words, but they differ in the consistency of the relationship between letters and …

The central focus of this text is language development as a field of basic research, but
applied issues are also considered. Chapter 1 provides an overview and history of the field …

This study investigated the developmental dynamics of mathematical performance during
children's transition from preschool to Grade 2 and the cognitive antecedents of this …

Number sense development of 411 middle‐and low‐income kindergartners (mean age 5.8
years) was examined over 4 time points while controlling for gender, age, and reading skill …

Using rich longitudinal data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten
cohort (ECLS-K), we find that children who attended preschool enter public schools with …

The authors used a large sample of children (N≈ 7,400) participating in the Early Childhood
Longitudinal Study–Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) to estimate kindergarten children's …