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Houston Independent School District, 2018
Literacy in the Middle (LIM) is a sixth- through eighth-grade literacy initiative being implemented in the Houston Independent School District (HISD). The initiative is an extension of the Literacy by 3 initiative being implemented at the elementary school level, district-wide. LIM focuses on literacy across the curriculum, including the core…
Descriptors: Literacy, Middle School Students, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation
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Espin, Christine; Wallace, Teri; Lembke, Erica; Campbell, Heather; Long, Jeffrey D. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2010
In this study, we examined the reliability and validity of curriculum-based measures (CBM) in reading for indexing the performance of secondary-school students. Participants were 236 eighth-grade students (134 females and 102 males) in the classrooms of 17 English teachers. Students completed 1-, 2-, and 3-minute reading aloud and 2-, 3-, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, State Standards, Reading Tests, Validity
Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Kim, Jinok; Kao, Jenny C.; Rivera, Nichole M. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2009
Glossary and reading aloud test items are often listed as allowed in many states' accommodation policies for ELL students, when taking states' large-scale mathematics assessments. However, little empirical research has been conducted on the effects of these two accommodations on ELL students' test performance. Furthermore, no research is available…
Descriptors: Validity, Program Effectiveness, Mathematics Tests, Testing Accommodations