01c Data - Reading Competence.xlsx

We
designed a reading comprehension test based on PISA questions and administered
it to new-intake university students. The results were linked to students’
grades in each first-year subject and their sociodemographic administrative
data. The influence of reading competence and socioeconomic status on grades in
all first-year subjects was analysed through structural equation models. The
results show that reading competence at the start of university education has a
direct influence on grades in all first-year subjects and an indirect influence
through the admission grade.