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Barbara A. Wasik; Annemarie H. Hindman; Ann Marie Jusczyk – NHSA Dialog, 2009
Children's vocabulary development represents a critical foundation for their reading skills. This article describes a curriculum-based vocabulary progress monitoring tool that was used to track the development of Head Start children--and particularly those at highest risk for later reading difficulty--as they learned new words during the school…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Vocabulary Development, Curriculum Based Assessment, Early Intervention
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Smith, Sheila; Murphy, Doug; Dennis, Sarah; Davidson, Sherry; Light, Rebecca – NHSA Dialog, 2009
Preschool teachers face increasing pressure to ensure that "all" children acquire the competencies they need to start on the path to becoming successful readers in the early grades, including children who may enter preschool with exceptionally weak skills. This article describes efforts to provide individually tailored supports to relatively…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Academic Achievement, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Evaluation