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Denisha Yvette Bolden – ProQuest LLC, 2023
A disproportionate number of students from low socio-economic statuses (SES) are enrolled in special education as students with specific learning disabilities (SLD). Despite resources provided through special education, only a small percentage of students are exited before secondary school. This instrumental case study investigated the variables…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Disproportionate Representation, Special Education, Students with Disabilities
Alicia Kennedy – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education, under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, underscores every child's right to integrate, receive support, and fully participate in school life. The problem is that significant disparities exist in reading growth scores between students with disabilities taught in special-education resource settings and…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Inclusion, Equal Education, Educational Legislation
Candice McNeil Greene – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The increasing number of students who struggle to read has become a significant challenge for the nation's public schools. This study aimed to investigate the use of an online instructional reading program on the academic achievement of students with disabilities compared to race, gender, socioeconomic status, and family structure. The i-Ready…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Academic Achievement, Reading Achievement
Aubrey Bogner Bosarge – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Schools are tasked with ensuring that students with disabilities are educated within general education classrooms, alongside non-disabled peers, to the maximum extent possible. This study investigated the influence of classroom placement on academic achievement in reading and mathematics for a group of students with mild learning disabilities, who…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Elementary School Teachers, Students with Disabilities
Rubin-Wilson, La'Shon Danette – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Children's literacy is critical to their future academic and social success. Children who learn to read well can structure sentences and understand how to use words. A child's reading skills are important to their success in school and society. By having communication and language skills, children who read develop a broader vocabulary and score…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Literacy Education, Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities
Campobasso, Antigone G. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study is to determine if there was a difference in the level of student achievement among sixth-grade students who were eligible for entitlement services under Individuals Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) who received instruction using technology assisted techniques versus those who…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Suburban Schools
Sherry Petty – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Extensive research has been conducted on summer reading loss among children from low-SES families and children who are struggling readers (Alexander, Entwisle, & Olson, 2001; Allington, et al., 2010; Compton-Lilly, Caloia, Quast, & McCann, 2016; Cooper, Nye, Charlton, Lindsay, & Greathouse, 1996; Heyns, 1978; Parker & Reid, 2017).…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Vacation Programs, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains
Brassfield, Sheri J. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study investigated whether or not the use of the computer-based software program iStation would increase the reading achievement level of third grade students with learning disabilities. It served to add to the body of knowledge about the use of technology with students who have disabilities; previous studies primarily focused on the use of…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Reading Achievement
Norfolk, Philip A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Assessment of specific learning disabilities (SLD) in educational settings is one important function of a school psychologist. The federal definition of SLD describes "underlying cognitive processing deficits" as part of the assessment criteria, that is also incorporated in several states' SLD eligibility criteria, that is difficult to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Cognitive Ability, Achievement Tests, Reading Achievement
Hicks, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Students with learning disabilities are often unable to master reading comprehension and often fail to acquire reading comprehension skills at basic levels as measured on reading achievement assessments. Reading intervention programs Compass Learning and SRA Corrective Reading teach students how to apply strategies to their reading to improve…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Intervention, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
Weingarten, Zachary – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The aim of this study was to explore the variation in student behavior across the ED, LD, and OHI disability categories and to examine demographic, behavioral, and academic factors that may place students at risk for negative outcomes. This study used teachers' rating of students' in-class behavior to identify latent classes of students in the ED,…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Reading Achievement, Emotional Disturbances, Learning Disabilities
Raulerson, Tina L. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study was conducted to investigate the impact of Achieve3000 literacy intervention on students' reading achievement and self-esteem. The study focused on a middle school classroom using the digital intervention program Achieve3000. Star Reading a curriculum-based measure was used as a universal screener to measure Achieve3000's impact on…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Achievement, Self Esteem, Middle School Students
Birnell, Malcolm W. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Research has revealed students with a learning disability or disabilities continue to have low achievement scores on state assessments aligned with state standards. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a correlation exists between the implementation of Common Core State Reading Standards (CCSRS) and student achievement scores on…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, School Districts, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests
Boneshefski, Michael J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent two major specific learning disability (SLD) criteria, including a student's level of academic achievement and rate of improvement (ROI), predict multidisciplinary evaluation teams' decision-making regarding referral for special education evaluation and special education eligibility.…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Academic Achievement
Berkowitz, Sally Greenberg – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore ways in which third, fourth, and fifth grade teachers reported they successfully improved the reading achievement of students with LD as documented by an increase in test scores on standardized tests in reading. Moreover, this study is an examination of productive ways in which elementary classroom…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction