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Gina V. Ortiz – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This quantitative, causal comparative study analyzed the effect of participation in a blended learning program has on the STAAR Mathematics and Reading Language Arts assessments for fifth grade students in a large, urban school district in North Texas. The study evaluated the performance of fifth graders on the STAAR assessment in mathematics…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Blended Learning, Urban Schools, Grade 5
Kimberlee E. Taylor – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Understanding and addressing the literacy needs of middle school students is critical in ensuring their academic success. This quantitative study examines the literacy growth among middle school students participating in Tier II Response to Intervention and Instruction (RTI[superscript 2]) programs over the 2023-2024 academic year. It investigates…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Response to Intervention, Middle School Students, Reading Tests
Kathleen Fox – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem is that fourth-grade students in the United States are not meeting reading proficiency benchmarks. Phonemic awareness is a strong predictor of reading success; however, few studies have investigated its effectiveness for intermediate elementary students who are at risk or struggling readers. The purpose of this quantitative…
Descriptors: Phonemic Awareness, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Charla S. Brant – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study examined a school's improvement efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism in a rural, high-poverty elementary school. Through improvement science, it analyzed the effects of attendance interventions on attendance improvement. It is well known that students who do not regularly attend school will also struggle with adequate progress and…
Descriptors: Attendance, Rural Schools, Intervention, Multi Tiered Systems of Support
Alexis Prudhomme – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to identify the perceptions of third through fifth grade teachers on the effectiveness of district reading instruction training as it relates to reading achievement. This research was conducted for the following purposes: (a) to explore the perceptions of third through fifth grade teachers on the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Kristi Bissell – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This action research study describes the impact of ability grouping on fifth-grade students' academic achievement in reading. The theoretical framework that supported this study is embedded in cooperative learning, social learning, social interdependence, and self-efficacy. This study used a mixed methods design to consider the following research…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Grade 5, Reading Achievement, Self Esteem
Erin Delaney Bryan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Locally and nationally, English Learners (ELs) struggle to achieve parity with their monolingual peers in reading. In addition to second language-related considerations, ELs' efforts to succeed in reading may be thwarted by poverty, trauma, interrupted education, barriers to effective instruction and parental engagement, limited parental…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap, English Language Learners, Public Schools
Chapple Osborne-Arnold – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Many elementary school students require and may benefit from supplemental reading support and interventions that can be provided by afterschool programs. The problem addressed in this study was that it was not known if third grade students benefited from an afterschool reading program in one East Tennessee District. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Reading Programs, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Pardini, Patricia – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This quantitative quasi-experimental study was completed to identify the impact the Success for All: Reading Edge (SFA) program had on student achievement at a Title I middle school. To improve literacy and student achievement in schools, scripted reading programs were created. With the popularity of these programs, research needs to be completed…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement, Disadvantaged Schools
Hill, Kyle Darnell – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation examines how implementing READ 180 for 9th grade students affects their Lexile level and reading ability. The research focuses on two questions: what changes were noticed in the students' Lexile levels? and what program recommendations can be made moving forward? The methodology used was PDSA and improvement science. The study…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement, Grade 9, High School Students
Dena H. Mortensen – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to investigate and implement an effective model for reading professional development (PD) for elementary teachers. Cycle 1 data were collected from kindergarten through fifth grade elementary teachers to understand teachers' perspectives of effective PD. The findings suggested that if PD utilizes teacher collaboration…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers, Reading Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Krystal L. Landers – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Student diversity in public education facilities and socioeconomic situations has led to students in elementary schools entering kindergarten less prepared than in previous generations. This has resulted in educators searching for new strategies to motivate students and increase academic achievement. The problem addressed in this study is that…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Self Efficacy, Grade 4, Rural Schools
Amy Lyn Michaelis – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Despite an abundance of research centered on reading and applied behavior analysis, minimal literature exists on the use of applied behavior analysis methodologies to treat reading disabilities. This dissertation-in-practice action research study examined the extent to which a behavior-analytic intervention infused with the science of reading…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Reading Improvement, Reading Ability, Elementary School Students
Ryan Nesmith – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Literacy is one of the most important skills needed for academic success. High school educators address the learning shortfall in reading through interventions. This mixed methods study evaluated the effectiveness of the "Read 180" intervention program on increasing the reading achievement of 9th and 10th grade general education students…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Grade 9, Grade 10
Loretta Ann Holmes – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Students reading below grade level proficiency lack word recognition and comprehension skills. The problem addressed in this quantitative study was that third-grade students in a Title I school in South Carolina are reading below grade-level proficiency, lacking grade-level appropriate word recognition and reading comprehension skills, as…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Intervention, Reading Achievement, Grade 3
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