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Weiser, Beverly L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine whether integrating encoding instruction with reading instruction provides stronger gains for students who struggle with reading than instruction that includes little or no encoding. An instructional design model was investigated to best fit the data of 175 first-grade readers at risk for reading…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Measures (Individuals), Reading Comprehension, Progress Monitoring
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Oakes, Wendy Peia; Harris, Pamela J.; Barr, Linda Churley – Beyond Behavior, 2009
Children with behavioral challenges are at the greatest risk for chronic school failure. The response-to-intervention (RTI) model was written into law through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 as a means to identify children with learning disabilities. The RTI model provides for increased intervention based on students'…
Descriptors: Intervention, Curriculum Based Assessment, Learning Disabilities, Academic Achievement
Scanlon, Donna M.; Anderson, Kimberly L.; Sweeney, Joan M. – Guilford Publications, 2010
This book presents a research-supported framework for early literacy instruction that aligns with multi-tiered response-to-intervention (RTI) models. The book focuses on giving teachers a better understanding of literacy development and how to effectively support children as they begin to read and write. The authors' interactive strategies…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Reading Difficulties, Early Intervention, Oral Language
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Newton, Xiaoxia A.; Llosa, Lorena – American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
Most K-12 evaluations are designed to make inferences about how a program implemented at the classroom or school level affects student learning outcomes and such inferences inherently involve hierarchical data structure. One methodological challenge for evaluators is linking program implementation factors typically measured at the classroom or…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Program Implementation
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Healy, Krista; Vanderwood, Mike; Edelston, Danielle – California School Psychologist, 2005
As part of a three tier prevention model, first grade students in a large urban school district were screened with measures of phonological awareness and nonsense word fluency to determine those in need of a Tier 2 reading intervention. The 15 lowest performing English language learner (ELL) students were selected and received a manualized…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Phonological Awareness