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Wood, Carla L.; Schatschneider, Christopher; Hart, Sara – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2020
This study aimed to describe 1-year changes in students' vocabulary in written narratives. Secondary aims included examination of accuracy and the relationship between lexical diversity and achievement. Participants included 749 students in first through eighth grades. Within-subjects 1-year change in diversity, productivity, and accuracy was…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Written Language
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Foorman, Barbara R.; Petscher, Yaacov; Lefsky, Evan B.; Toste, Jessica R. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2010
Five years of reading comprehension data in Florida Reading First schools were analyzed to address questions regarding student improvement, reduction in the achievement gap, efficacy of site visits to schools making no achievement gains, and effects of student mobility on growth in reading comprehension. Participants were 120,000 students (about…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Achievement Gains, Economically Disadvantaged