Abstract

RIBEIRO, Leonor Chaveiro Duarte; MARTINS, Ana Paula Loução  and  MORGADO, José Carlos. Curriculum-based measurement in inclusive schools in Portugal: implications for learning to read. Educ. Pesqui. [online]. 2024, vol.50, e274887.  Epub Nov 21, 2024. ISSN 1678-4634.  https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-4634202450274887.

The current study aimed to identify student reading fluency and comprehension levels, to analyze the impact of specific learning difficulties in reading (dyslexia), and the diversity of reading profiles observed in classrooms across local school cluster groups. Data were collected in a coastal municipality in the Centre of Portugal from a sample of 720 fourth-grade students using two curriculum-based-measurement probes and a class characterization checklist. Descriptive data analysis showed that, on average, 88 words were read correctly per minute, with an average oral reading accuracy of 95% using the oral reading fluency probe, and 9.67 words were selected correctly in two minutes using the reading comprehension probe. Multivariate data analysis using cluster analysis technique identified the following three reading profiles in oral and reading comprehension: 17.40% of the sample performed below the 10th percentile, 46.30% between the 41st the 47th percentiles, and 36.40% above the 80th percentile. Qualitative data showed that the most common errors in oral reading were word substitutions, followed by mispronunciations and omissions. The inferential analysis of the study revealed that the independent variables, school clusters and specific learning difficulties in reading (dyslexia) had a significant impact on the results. The data evidence was further analyzed with respect to how the diversity of reading profiles in inclusive classrooms can assist the educational community in decision-making about the specific support that could be provided to promote success in reading, for all students.

Keywords : Reading; Specific learning difficulties in reading; At-risk; Inclusive education; Curriculum.

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