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Pennell, Colleen – Eye on Education, 2020
As your school district undertakes the process of evaluating its K-12 reading program, literacy curriculum, or literacy instructional practices, this book will be your go-to resource. Pennell offers a step-by-step guide for educators, school leaders, or professional learning communities to evaluate high-quality instructional materials and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Instructional Materials
Herrera, Sarah; Truckenmiller, Adrea J.; Foorman, Barbara R. – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2016
The importance of adolescent literacy is well established, and the topic continues to be of both local and national interest. Practitioners need to know not only which programs and practices appear effective, but which have the scientific evidence to support that claim. To identify effective programs and practices for general education students in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction

Brown, David; Moore, Linda – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1992
The Bama Bookworm Program, developed by a university remedial reading summer school program, encourages parents of remedial readers to listen to their children read and to ask comprehension questions four nights a week for a month. The program provides incentives (pizzas and t-shirts) and was enthusiastically received by parents and children. (DB)
Descriptors: Incentives, Parent Participation, Parent Student Relationship, Positive Reinforcement

Grubaugh, Steven – Clearing House, 1986
Discusses the effects of a sustained silent reading (SSR) program on school administrators, teachers, librarians, and the students. Offers suggestions on setting up an SSR program. (SRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Content, Program Implementation
Texas Univ., Austin. Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts. – 2000
This professional development guide is designed for educators who work with secondary students who are struggling in reading and writing and who need intensive, individualized instruction to improve their skills. Examples of students for whom this guide is intended include: students with disabilities, English language learners, and low-achieving…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Instructional Innovation, Program Implementation, Reading Comprehension
Coolidge, Susan W. – 1989
A teaching team leader and second grade teacher designed and implemented a 10-week practicum intervention meant to improve the inferential comprehension of 105 second graders whose reading scores on the Ginn Mastery Tests revealed a gap between inferential and literal comprehension. It was reasoned that the gap would decrease if teachers were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Inferences
Daly, Joseph L.; Richburg, Robert W. – 1984
To gather longitudinal student achievement data from schools utilizing the four-day week, Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) grade equivalent scores were obtained in 1984 from five rural Colorado school districts for four consecutive years--two years prior to and two years following the districts' change to the shortened week. A first analysis…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classes (Groups of Students), Elementary Education, Grade 3
San Antonio State Hospital, TX. Office of Education Services. – 1983
This instructional manual consists of materials for use in implementing a computer-assisted instructional program in reading skills development for adult nonreaders. Discussed first are the project during which this instructional program and manual were developed and the goals of the computer-assisted beginning reading program, a major feature of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Context Clues