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Download full textBoulay, Beth; Goodson, Barbara; Frye, Michael; Blocklin, Michelle; Price, Cristofer – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2015
The Striving Readers program aimed to raise the literacy levels of middle and high school students reading below grade level and to build a strong research base on effective adolescent literacy interventions. This report summarizes the results of a systematic review of evaluations of the ten different interventions funded by the Striving Readers…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
Drummond, Kathryn; Chinen, Marjorie; Duncan, Teresa Garcia; Miller, H. Ray; Fryer, Lindsay; Zmach, Courtney; Culp, Katherine – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2011
"Thinking Reader" is a software program for students in Grades 5-8 that incorporates elements commonly identified in policy reports as being key components of effective adolescent literacy instruction. This evaluation of the impact of "Thinking Reader" use by Grade 6 students focused on two confirmatory research questions about…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Computer Software, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Direct linkAlliance for Excellent Education, 2009
The Striving Readers program aims to support literacy interventions for adolescent readers in middle and high school. In 2006, Springfield Public Schools and Chicopee Public Schools were awarded $16,655,483 over five years for the Springfield/Chicopee Striving Readers Project. Both districts are located in southwestern Massachusetts and have a…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Intervention, High Schools, Institutional Cooperation
Sprague, Kimberley; Zaller, Colleen; Kite, Anita; Hussar, Karen – Education Alliance at Brown University, 2012
This evaluation report presents implementation and impact findings to date regarding the Striving Readers grant as implemented by the Springfield and Chicopee Public School Districts. Any questions regarding this final report should be directed to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) at the U.S. Department of Education. There…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Difficulties, Program Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Action for Boston Community Development, Inc., MA. – 1965
DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM, CONSULTANTS PARTICIPATED IN PRESERVICE AND IN-SERVICE TRAINING AND THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. FIFTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM. DURING THE CURRENT YEAR, WHICH IS THE SECOND, SEVERAL STEPS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. THE FOURTH AND EIGHTH…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Educational Testing, Elementary Schools, Inservice Education
Sprague, Kim; Hamilton, Jennifer; Coffey, Deb; Loadman, William; Faddis, Bonnie – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
Rigorous research provides information that will allow other schools and districts to select interventions that have a scientifically based track record of effectiveness. All Striving Reader grants include the mandate to evaluate literacy intervention(s) targeted to adolescents who are reading significantly below grade level. Although all studies…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Evaluators, Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1976
The third year assessment (1975-1976) of the Massachusetts Right to Read Effort consisted of evaluations from participants in regional training workshops and from local school systems. Generally favorable reaction to the program was noted, although the local school systems noted some weak areas. As a result of these and other evaluations, fifteen…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Needs Assessment, Program Evaluation, Questionnaires
O'Connor, Edward R. – 1978
The impact of the Right to Read program in Spencer, Massachusetts, and the 11 other Massachusetts Charter communities was investigated in the following respects: to assess changes in teachers' perceptions toward the reading program, to compare the perceptions of school and community populations, to measure the amount of children's reading, to…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation
MANEY, CATHERINE M.; SULLIVAN, MARGUERITE G.
THE GENERAL AIM IS TO PROVIDE AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM WHICH WILL STIMULATE THE CHILD'S INTEREST IN READING, MOTIVATE HIM TO GREATER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND FOSTER DESIRABLE GROWTH IN THE READING SKILLS AND ABILITIES. TEACHING PROCEDURES SHOULD BE RICH AND VARIED, AND CHILDREN SHOULD BE GROUPED HOMOGENEOUSLY ACCORDING TO READING ABILITY. LESSONS…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Inservice Education, Junior High Schools, Preservice Teacher Education
Heuristics, Inc., Dedham, MA. – 1973
This report presents the evaluation of the Worcester Operation Reading Base (ORB) Program which operated during 1971-1972, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act. The ORB Program was designed to provide small group remedial reading instruction to students in the target area schools of Worcester. Evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools
Noble, Cynthia – 1982
To accumulate the data necessary for making recommendations for the improvement of middle school reading programs in Massachusetts, such programs were assessed by computer searches, informal interviews, and random questionnaires. "TRANS," Teaching Reading Acquisition Natural to Subject Areas, embodies the kind of program needed to meet…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Assessment, Instructional Improvement
Kovner, Albert; And Others – 1979
Project LEAP is the Title I program of Medford, Massachusetts, which, in 1978-79, received State validation as an exemplary program for its grades 2-6 reading component. This report describes the project's content, results, and the State evaluation which determined it exemplary. The program includes instruction in reading and language skills that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Compensatory Education, Counseling
