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Kristen K. Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Reading on grade level by the close of third grade has been shown to impact a student's chance to graduate on time and therefore impacting future success. English learners (ELs), however, have struggled to read on grade level by the close of third grade as compared to their English-speaking peers. This quasi-experimental study determined if an…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Reading Achievement, Instructional Program Divisions, Computer Software
Arkadia Johnson-Armour – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Grade 3-5 students in southeastern Arkansas are reading below grade level despite the efforts of educators. The study explored educator perceptions of the Reading Initiative for Student Excellence (R.I.S.E.) professional development, in which educators learn about Science of Reading (SOR) instructional strategies and how to implement them in the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Reading Programs, Academic Achievement, Faculty Development
Marilyn Tignor Dewoody – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This program evaluation investigated differences in reading achievement for students receiving Reading Recovery or Developmental First Grade. The researcher examined DRA reading scores during the first and second grade and STAR reading scores from second grade through middle school for students in a rural public school district in Northeastern…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Reading Programs, Grade 1, Reading Achievement
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Chang, Sau Hou – Reading Horizons, 2011
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the grade level and gender differences in a school-based reading tutoring program. The treatment group included 10 first-grade and 12 second-grade struggling readers, and the control group included 41 first-grade and 63 second-grade nonstruggling readers. The tutors were teacher candidates in an…
Descriptors: Instructional Program Divisions, Gender Differences, Reading Programs, Tutoring
Ingrid Danielle McClendon – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study followed a cohort of students from Grade 1 to Grade 11 in one struggling school district that had Reading Recovery (RR) in the Grade 1. The RR program is an intervention given only to students in the Grade 1 who are reading below grade level on the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Assessment. The researched district had a high poverty, high…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Difficulties, School Districts, Grade 1
Wendy Potter – ProQuest LLC, 2007
Closing the achievement gap among the nation's students is a major concern for many school districts across America. The achievement scores for minority and low income students are not keeping pace with those scores of white, middle/upper-class students. In hopes of reversing this trend many schools have implemented early literacy intervention…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Reading Programs, Emergent Literacy, Intervention