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[quote=Anonymous]University newsletter article that sums up previous research on this. It basically says most every PP on this thread right.
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt/newsletter/june91/june9112.html

Yes, there is evidence that early readers continue to do well: "The results of several longitudinal studies have confirmed that precocious readers continue to be good readers. By the fifth or sixth grade, the typical precocious reader has continued to achieve in reading at a level well above the national norms, and precocious readers who are cognitively normal virtually never turn into below-average readers.

But lots of kids who learn to read later learn to read just as well within a few years: "with time and instructional support, many later bloomers catch up."

Children who can "read" well don't necessarily understand what they are reading: "Some children may begin reading at an exceptionally early age because they are especially adept at breaking the code of print. These same children are not always especially well endowed with the aspects of verbal intelligence that underlie comprehension of sophisticated texts."

On the other hand there was the big New Zealand study that showed no advantage to reading early. "Children who learn to read at age five are unlikely to be better readers than children who learn to read at seven, according to new research."
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