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Zvoch, Keith – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2009
Literacy data collected over the course of 2 academic years were used to estimate the rate at which full- and half-day kindergartners acquired literacy skills during kindergarten, 1st grade, and the intervening summer. Application of piecewise growth models to the time series data obtained on a sample of students from a large Southwestern school…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Outcomes of Education, Advantaged, Kindergarten
Thomas, Nicole A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Students, who are at risk of academic failure, are reading and achieving below their grade level yet the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act requires that all students perform on or above grade level. Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Education Program (NAEP) showed that 37% of fourth graders across the United States are reading below grade…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Federal Legislation, Academic Failure, Reading Achievement