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King, Seth; Rodgers, Derek; Lemons, Christopher J. – Exceptional Children, 2022
Research supports the efficacy of intensive literacy instruction for children with moderate intellectual disabilities and Down syndrome (DS). However, much of the literature features measures closely aligned with evaluated interventions. Despite their increasing role in instruction, curriculum-based measures (CBM) are rarely featured in reading…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Students with Disabilities, Curriculum Based Assessment, Reading Instruction
Theobald, Roddy J.; Goldhaber, Dan D.; Holden, Kristian L.; Stein, Marcy L. – Exceptional Children, 2022
We used survey and administrative data from Washington State to assess the degree to which special education teacher preparation, district literacy instructional practices, and the alignment between preparation and practice were associated with the reading test score gains of students with high-incidence disabilities taught by early-career special…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction
Mathews, Hannah Morris; Lillis, Jennifer L.; Bettini, Elizabeth; Peyton, David J.; Pua, Daisy; Oblath, Rachel; Jones, Nathan D.; Smith, Stephen W.; Sutton, Rachel – Exceptional Children, 2021
Working conditions may be an important lever to support special educators' reading instruction for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Thus, we explored how working conditions relate to the quality of special educators' reading instruction in upper-elementary, self-contained classes for students with EBD. Using mixed methods to…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Special Education Teachers, Reading Instruction, Students with Disabilities
Swanson, Elizabeth; Vaughn, Sharon; Fall, Anna-Maria; Stevens, Elizabeth A.; Stewart, Alicia A.; Capin, Philip; Roberts, Greg – Exceptional Children, 2021
This study examined the differential effects of Strategies for Reading Informational Text and Vocabulary Effectively (STRIVE) on the vocabulary, reading comprehension, and content learning among 4,757 fourth-grade students with and without disabilities. Schools were assigned to one of three conditions: researcher-supported professional development…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Students with Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
Hunt, Pam; Kozleski, Elizabeth; Lee, Jaehoon; Mortier, Kathleen; Fleming, Danielle; Hicks, Tyler; Balasubramanian, Lakshmi; Leu, Grace; Bross, Leslie Ann; Munandar, Vidya; Dunlap, Kristin; Stepaniuk, Inna; Aramburo, Corrine; Oh, Youngha – Exceptional Children, 2020
The purpose of this conceptual replication study was to investigate the efficacy of an early literacy intervention when it was implemented by special educators in general education classrooms with students in the class participating in the lessons. The study was conducted in 16 schools in three states. Eighty students with severe disabilities…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Students with Disabilities, Severe Disabilities
Fleury, Veronica P.; Towson, Jacqueline A. – Exceptional Children, 2021
Project START (Students and Teachers Actively Reading Together) is an adaptive shared reading intervention designed to address the varied learning needs of preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This report summarizes procedures and results of the developmental year of the project, which focused primarily on evaluating…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Reading Strategies
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Jeanne Wanzek; Elizabeth Swanson; Sharon Vaughn; Greg Roberts; Anna-Mária Fall – Exceptional Children, 2016
This study investigated the effects of Promoting Adolescent Comprehension Through Text (PACT), a content knowledge and comprehension treatment for English learner and non--English learner students with disabilities who were provided instruction in general education social studies classrooms. Eighth-grade students with disabilities in the treatment…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Social Studies