An Analysis of the Relationship of Reading Fluency, Comprehension, and Word Recognition to Student Achievement

Pearson correlations were calculated for each of the three independent variables and the dependant variable. All of the Pearson correlations were positive. Based on the calculated correlations, the null hypothesis was rejected. As revealed by the analysis, reading fluency had the greatest relationship with TAKS reading scale scores.

Review of Related Literature to Reading Fluency, Comprehension, and Word
Recognition Rasinski (2001) argued that of the essential components of reading,
the rate readers read was significantly correlated to the standardized and
informal ...