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Crone, Deanne A.; Stoolmiller, Michael; Baker, Scott K.; Fien, Hank; Turtura, Jessica; Strand Cary, Mari; Kennedy, Patrick C.; Nelson, Nancy; Kame'enui, Edward J. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2019
We present the results of a study of local education agency (LEA)-based interventions to improve the reading outcomes of struggling readers in sixth grade. The sample included 1,076 intervention students and 3,644 comparison students. Regression discontinuity was used to evaluate intervention impact. The study contributes to the field by…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Research and Development, Grade 6, Middle School Students
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King Thorius, Kathleen A.; Simon, Marsha – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2014
Our commentary responds to the five articles of the special issue on multidisciplinary collaboration to support struggling readers. From our perspectives informed by experiences working with diverse student and family populations in urban settings, preparing pre- and in-service educators and specialists to do the same, and working in federally…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Cooperation, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
Bryk, Anthony S.; Gomez, Louis M.; Grunow, Alicia – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2010
In this Carnegie essay by Anthony Bryk, Louis Gomez and Alicia Grunow, the authors argue that the social organization of the research enterprise is badly broken and a very different alternative is needed. They instead support a science of improvement research and introduce the idea of a networked improvement community that creates the purposeful…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research and Development, Disadvantaged, Achievement Gap
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Faggella-Luby, Michael N.; Deshler, Donald D. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2008
The changing job market requires a sophisticated array of literacy skills that adolescents with learning disabilities reading below grade level have not yet acquired. This summary of the research on reading comprehension highlights emerging findings and related instructional conditions necessary to achieve optimal student outcomes with limited…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Research and Development, Learning Disabilities, Adolescents
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Reading Research Quarterly, 2007
Digital technologies have created new forms of reading and writing and have altered our conceptions of literacy. However, digital technologies also offer new ways of assisting readers who have various difficulties reading and comprehending conventional texts. Use of the capabilities of digital technologies specifically to broaden access to textual…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Research and Development, Textbooks, Assistive Technology
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National Center for Education Research, 2008
In 2002, National Center for Education Research (NCER) began with three research grant competitions--one focused on reading instruction, one on preschool curricula, and one on student learning from a cognitive science perspective. These competitions resulted in a total of 24 research grants. Since that auspicious beginning, the grant competitions…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Cognitive Psychology, Grants, Reading Instruction