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Zhang, Jizhi; Li, Mengyi; Yee, Darrick; Park, Bitnara Jasmine; Bohrnstedt, George; Broer, Markus – American Institutes for Research, 2020
This study aims to understand the role that reading motivation plays in middle school reading achievement (including achievement gaps) by analyzing the 2015 grade 8 NAEP reading data. The study focuses on identifying the unique effects of student-level reading motivation and aggregated school-level mean reading motivation on reading achievement.…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap, Reading Tests
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Adelson, Jill L.; Dickinson, Emily R.; Cunningham, Brittany C. – Educational Researcher, 2016
This brief examined the patterns of reading achievement using statewide data from all students (Grades 3-10) in multiple years to examine gaps based on student, school, and district characteristics. Results indicate reading achievement varied most between students within schools and that students' prior achievement was the strongest predictor of…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap, School Districts, Institutional Characteristics
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Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin – American Educational Research Journal, 2015
Middle schools are important because they launch students on trajectories that they are likely to follow throughout their formal educations. This study explored the relationship of first-generation segregation (elementary and middle school racial composition) and second-generation segregation (racially correlated academic tracks) to reading and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Academic Achievement, School Segregation, Racial Composition
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Singh, Malkeet – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2013
Eliminating inequity in public education is a central goal of the No Child left Behind (NCLB) act. Controlling for 3rd-grade performance, the impact of English language learner (ELL) status, socioeconomic status (SES), and special education (SPED) status on a cohort's reading performance was investigated from elementary to high school through a…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Educational Assessment, Measurement, Longitudinal Studies