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Reading fluency as a measure of educational level.

Alberto Luis Fernandez¹, Gabriel Jauregui Arriondo¹

¹Universidad Católica de Córdoba - Córdoba, Argentina.

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Reading fluency (RF) better predicts cognitive performance than years of education. This practical measure offers a valuable alternative for assessing educational level and its impact on neuropsychological test results.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Educational Psychology

Background:

Educational level (EL) significantly influences neuropsychological test performance.
Traditionally, years of formal schooling quantify EL.
Reading fluency (RF) is proposed as a measure of educational quality.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare the predictive power of years of education versus RF on cognitive performance.
To evaluate RF as an alternative metric for EL assessment in a control sample.

Main Methods:

Fifty-six healthy adults (17-87 years) with diverse educational backgrounds (3-19 years) participated.
Participants completed a neuropsychological battery assessing attention, memory, language, executive functions, and praxis.
Reading fluency was measured by correctly read words per minute on a short text; Pearson's r correlation was used.

Main Results:

Reading fluency demonstrated a stronger correlation (r=0.53) with overall neuropsychological performance than years of schooling (r=0.38).
This suggests RF is a more sensitive indicator of cognitive function related to education.

Conclusions:

Reading fluency is a practical, language-adaptable tool for assessing educational level.
RF offers a qualitative measure of EL, potentially superior to traditional metrics like years of schooling.
This method provides a valuable alternative for evaluating educational attainment's impact on cognitive abilities.