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Download full textFoorman, Barbara R.; Petscher, Yaacov; Schatschneider, Chris – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2015
The grades K-2 Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) Reading Assessment (FRA) consists of computer-adaptive alphabetic and oral language screening tasks that provide a Probability of Literacy Success (PLS) linked to grade-level performance (i.e., the 40th percentile) on the word reading (in kindergarten) or reading comprehension (in grades…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Tests, Kindergarten, Grade 1
Alivernini, Fabio; Manganelli, Sara; Vinci, Emanuela; Di Leo, Ines – Online Submission, 2010
Questionnaire data from the PIRLS 2006 study in Italy provided a number of indices in order to summarize factors of educational context influencing reading achievement. The aim of the present paper is to study the relationships between school factors, teacher factors, family factors, student factors and reading achievement by means of multilevel…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
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Direct linkSturtevant, Elizabeth G.; Kim, Grace S. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2010
This study examined literacy motivation among middle-school students in English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) classes by using a 20-question survey and semi-structured interview. The survey results identified similarities among students of different genders, but differences between the beginning ESOL group and the more advanced groups,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Interviews, Multiple Regression Analysis, Literacy
Meadows, Sara; Herrick, David; Feiler, Anthony – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
The aim of the UK National Literacy Strategy is to raise standards in literacy. Strong evidence for its success has, however, been lacking: most of the available data comes from performance on tests administered in schools or from Office for Standards in Education reports and is vulnerable to suggestions of bias. An opportunistic analysis of data…
Descriptors: Literacy, Grade Inflation, National Curriculum, Reading Ability
Lockheed, Marlaine; Harris, Abigail; Gammill, Paul; Barrow, Karima; Jayasundera, Tamara – Academy for Educational Development, 2006
The New Horizons for Primary Schools (NHP) was implemented in 72 government schools in Jamaica, from 1998-2005. The program provided support to schools on the basis of needs identified through the preparation of a School Development Plan (also called a School Improvement Plan). This independent evaluation report first compares the schools in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, School Surveys, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
