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Nathaniel Hansford; Scott A. Dueker; Kathryn Garforth; Jill D. Grande; Joshua King; Sky McGlynn – Discover Education, 2024
Reading Recovery (RR) is a constructivist reading intervention used to provide tier 3 instruction to struggling readers in the first grade. The program has been previously evaluated and found effective by Evidence for ESSA (John Hopkins University), What Works Clearing House (intervention report institute for education sciences 2013), and in a…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Intervention, Grade 1
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Colenbrander, Danielle; Nickels, Lyndsey; Kohnen, Saskia – Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2011
Response to Intervention (RTI) models of reading instruction have received much attention in the literature (Fuchs, Mock, Morgan, & Young, 2003; Hosp & Ardoin, 2008; Justice, 2006). Such models call for frequent and high-quality assessment of students' skills. One skill that is vital in the process of learning to read is the ability to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Dyslexia, Reading Tests, Learning Processes
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Stuebing, Karla K.; Barth, Amy E.; Molfese, Peter J.; Weiss, Brandon; Fletcher, Jack M. – Exceptional Children, 2009
A meta-analysis of 22 studies evaluating the relation of different assessments of IQ and intervention response did not support the hypothesis that IQ is an important predictor of response to instruction. We found an R[superscript 2] of 0.03 in models with IQ and the autoregressor as predictors and a unique lower estimated R[superscript 2] of 0.006…
Descriptors: Intervention, Intelligence Quotient, Effect Size, Reading Instruction
Schenck, E. Allen; Walker, Douglas R.; Nagel, Carrie R.; Webb, Loretta C. – US Department of Education, 2005
This report addresses the relationship between state content standards and assessments and the essential components of effective reading instruction. The extent to which the essential components are addressed in the standards and assessments indicates the extent to which states have integrated the essential components into their reading…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Evaluation Methods, Reading Research, Reading Instruction
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Pflaum, Susanna W. – Reading Psychology, 1982
Covers some of the issues and procedures used in conducting meta-analysis, a comprehensive and quantitative method for reviewing research, and includes a review of completed meta-analysis in reading. (HOD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Literature Reviews, Reading Instruction
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Blair, Timothy R.; Rupley, William H. – Reading Horizons, 1980
Suggests ways for teachers to evaluate their effectiveness and the effectiveness of their reading programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation, Reading Instruction
Shore, Jane R.; Sabatini, John – Educational Testing Service, 2009
The issue of identifying reading difficulties and disabilities in English language learners (ELLs) is a complex one. It is an area that draws on the diverse disciplines of first- and second-language acquisition, literacy, English language learning, and reading, including differences and disabilities research. This literature review aims to…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Elementary Secondary Education, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Lunn, Mary K.; Johns, Jerry L. – Reading Psychology, 1983
Summarizes P. A. Killgallon's 1942 study that helped to establish the criteria for the instructional reading level, examines W. R. Powell's 1970 critique of that study, and presents concerns about Powell's study. (FL)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Achievement, Reading Diagnosis
French, Joyce N.; Cozzi, Peg – Education Unlimited, 1981
Research is reviewed on the effectiveness of teaching reading to learning disabled students, and procedures for conducting curriculum based assessment are outlined. (SB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Learning Disabilities
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Vacca, JoAnne L.; Sparks, Casandra – Reading World, 1981
Offers evaluation methods based on criteria that relate directly to instructional techniques appropriate for adult learners, benefit both teacher and student, and preserve the integrity of the mature student. (Author/FL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students, Evaluation Methods
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Niles, Jerome A.; Harris, Larry A. – Reading Horizons, 1981
Contends that comprehension is the specific result of a reader's interaction with the text and the context in which the interaction occurs. Offers four features that might form the context of comprehension: methods of measurement, instructional environment, the text, and individual differences within the reader. (FL)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Learning Processes
Teale, William H. – Australian Journal of Reading, 1980
Emphasizes that consideration of students' reading attitudes is an essential part of reading assessment. Discusses different ways of conceptualizing reading attitudes that teachers might find helpful and makes suggestions on how teachers can actually measure the attitudes of their students. (AEA)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Informal Assessment
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Elbow, Peter; Yancey, Kathleen Blake – Assessing Writing, 1994
Presents an electronic conversation which critiques holistic scoring procedures. Explores the different ways people in English are taught to read. Offers the idea of minimal holistic scoring in which raters make a specific educational decision rather than supply a number on a rating scale. Asks educators to focus more time on teaching than…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Holistic Evaluation
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Katims, David S. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2000
This article reviews historical highlights of literacy education for people with mental retardation over the last 200 years. The second part investigates the current state of literacy instruction as represented in a sample of contemporary professional special education textbooks pertaining to descriptions of academic characteristics, assessment…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Komoski, Kenneth – 1980
The sixth of eight related documents, this booklet is part of a series of papers presented at the 1978 National Right to Read Conference examining issues and problems in literacy. In examining the publisher's role in facilitating literacy, this booklet distinguishes between responsiveness to the express desires of schools and responsibility for…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Responsibility, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Materials
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