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Center for Civic Innovation, 2007
Reading First, part of the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, seeks to lift reading achievement by encouraging the use of reading programs that have been scientifically proven to work. Reading First, which accounts for just 2 percent of federal education spending, is helping many districts to achieve promising results--including Richmond, Virginia,…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Educational Finance, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
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Stewart, Rachel M.; Benner, Gregory J.; Martella, Ronald C.; Marchand-Martella, Nancy E. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2007
The purpose of this study was to analyze the research literature on three-tier models of reading and behavior and to provide a descriptive analysis and meta-analytic review of these models. An in-depth review of 17 articles was conducted on the similarities and differences between and among three-tier models of reading (n = 5), models of behavior…
Descriptors: Investigations, Literacy, Intervention, Learning Disabilities
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1972
The report presents data and discussion on U.S. education across sectors, as well as the work of the Office of Education. Among topics discussed are education failings, including inadequate budges and ineffective courses, teaching, and curricula; evidence of success; compensatory education; education finance; dropout prevention; minority…
Descriptors: Failure, Budgets, Courses, Instruction