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Direct linkGroff, Suzy – Knowledge Quest, 2015
Sometimes great initiatives in education start with just a glimmer of an idea and a belief that building a foundation under that idea can effect change. That glimmer of an idea came to Bandera Independent School District (BISD) from a middle school English teacher who attended an International Reading Association Conference and heard about…
Descriptors: Libraries, Motor Vehicles, Reading Motivation, Summer Programs
King, Matt; Hoogland, Tim; Hootman, Jennifer; Schoenborn, Mary E.; Skupeko, Lynn – History Teacher, 2018
Over the last twenty-five years, the Minnesota Historical Society, the University of Minnesota Libraries, and Minitex have developed a partnership centered on creating pathways to higher education by engaging local middle school and high school students in immersive programs at academic libraries. These activities vary in scope and content, but…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Access to Education, Higher Education, History
National Foundation for Educational Research, 2017
This summary accompanies the national report for Northern Ireland (Sizmur et al., 2017). It outlines the attainment of Year 6 pupils in Northern Ireland in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2016 survey and explores the context of that attainment. PIRLS is a study of reading at ages 9-10 and has a five-yearly cycle.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Grade 4
Newkirk, Thomas – Educational Leadership, 2010
To truly comprehend and appreciate texts, we need to read more slowly. Schools should provide a counterbalance to our increasingly hectic digital environment, where so many of us read and write in abbreviated messages and through clicks of the mouse. To help students reclaim the acoustical properties of written language and appreciate the passages…
Descriptors: Written Language, Reading Tests, Poetry, Electronic Libraries
Lance, Keith Curry; Rodney, Marcia J.; Hamilton-Pennell, Christine – 2000
This study establishes the link between the presence of adequate school library staffing and higher academic achievement as indicated by PSSA (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading scores. School library staffing is correlated with such scores; as library staffing rises, reading scores rise. This correlation is not explained away by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education
Carter, Betty – School Library Journal, 2000
Discusses the desirability of creating lifelong readers and suggests that the use of formulas to measure the reading levels of books and tests that assign reading levels to students do not help. Offers suggestions for school librarians to encourage reading, including helping students select books through readers' advisory. (LRW)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Readability Formulas, Reading Achievement, Reading Motivation
Australian Council for Educational Research, 2004
This document is an annual publication documenting developments in the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)'s research programs for the previous year. The 2004 edition highlights research on the following themes: (1) Helping international schools measure achievement; (2) Evaluating Australian teachers; (3) Tests of reading…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, International Schools, Dropouts, Indigenous Populations
White, Rebecca Leigh, Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2004
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Libraries, Educational Indicators, Public Education
