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Direct linkFletcher, Jack M.; Francis, David J.; O'Malley, Kimberly; Copeland, Kim; Mehta, Paras; Caldwell, Cathy J.; Kalinowski, Sharon; Young, Victoria; Vaughn, Sharon – Exceptional Children, 2009
This study investigated the efficacy of a package of accommodations for poor readers in Grade 7. Students with and without word reading disabilities were randomly assigned to take an experimental version of a high-stakes reading comprehension test in 1 of 3 formats: (a) standard administration, (b) read aloud accommodations with 1-day…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Economically Disadvantaged, High Stakes Tests
Download full textMatsumura, Lindsay Clare; Garnier, Helen; Junker, Brian; Resnick, Lauren; Bickel, Donna DiPrima – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
Reading is critical to children's academic and future economic success. Yet reading skills continue to lag in the upper elementary grades. One way that school districts across the country have responded to the challenge of improving students' reading skills has been to hire additional, presumably more skilled, teachers as "instructional…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Achievement, Reading Skills, Teaching Methods
