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Direct linkMiller, Catherine M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Achievement of adequate yearly progress (AYP) is crucial for all students due to the increased rigor of Common Core Standards and Keystone graduation requirements. Logically then, programs that can help students achieve AYP should be implemented to their fullest potential. This study investigated whether the Reading Apprenticeship (RA) framework…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Instruction, Academic Achievement, Educational Indicators
Hunter, Teresa A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In this study, the implementation of Accelerated Reader (AR), a computer-assisted supplemental reading program, was investigated as a research-based instructional strategy to assess whether it aided a high-performing, rural school district in meeting adequate yearly progress goals. The theoretical framework was based on Vygotsky's zone of…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Rural Education
Love, Brendalynn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The federal Reading First grant project began with the 2003-2004 school year. Since then, many schools have entered the program to take on the challenge of improving their reading test scores. The Reading First model of instruction has been used to help promote school improvement efforts throughout the United States, so that students may reach the…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Federal Programs, Reading Programs, Beginning Reading
Franklin, Carolyn Tweed – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Rural, middle schools in North Carolina have struggled with the Students with Disabilities subgroup in making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in reading since No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was passed. Consequences could be dire for a school and principal with a subgroup of these children who were unable to show growth each year toward total…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Middle Schools, Group Discussion, Federal Legislation
Angle, Jason B. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Public schools are currently operating in a pressure-cooker of accountability systems in which they must teach students to high standards and meet ever increasing targets for student proficiency, or face increasingly severe sanctions. Into this mix is thrown educational technology and the funding for that technology. The literature espouses the…
Descriptors: Class Size, Play, Sanctions, Federal Legislation
Dobbie, Linda D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The signing of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002 has created "potholes" for elementary school administrators as they seek to make Adequate Yearly Progress on the Pennsylvania School System Assessment (PSSA). This study includes three rural Pennsylvania elementary school administrators implementing the mandates of the No Child Left…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Reading, Federal Legislation, Reading Programs
