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Academic Language as a Predictor Of Reading Comprehension in Monolingual Spanish-Speaking Readers: Evidence from Chilean Early Adolescents
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Meneses, Alejandra; Uccelli, Paola; Santelices, María Verónica; Ruiz, Marcela; Acevedo, Daniela; Figueroa, Javiera – Reading Research Quarterly, 2018
Although literacy achievement has improved in Chile, adolescents' underperformance in reading comprehension is still a serious concern. In English, core academic-language skills (CALS) have been found to significantly predict reading comprehension, even controlling for academic vocabulary knowledge. CALS are high-utility language skills that…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries, Academic Discourse, Reading Comprehension
The New Literacies of Online Research and Comprehension: Rethinking the Reading Achievement Gap
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Leu, Donald J.; Forzani, Elena; Rhoads, Chris; Maykel, Cheryl; Kennedy, Clint; Timbrell, Nicole – Reading Research Quarterly, 2015
Is there an achievement gap for online reading ability based on income inequality that is separate from the achievement gap in traditional, offline reading? This possibility was examined between students in two pseudonymous school districts: West Town (economically advantaged) and East Town (economically challenged; N = 256). Performance-based…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap, Electronic Learning, School Districts
Defining Success in Adult Basic Education Settings: Multiple Stakeholders, Multiple Perspectives
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Tighe, Elizabeth L.; Barnes, Adrienne E.; Connor, Carol M.; Steadman, Sharilyn C. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2013
This study employed quantitative and qualitative research approaches to investigate what constitutes success in adult basic education (ABE) programs from the perspectives of multiple educational stakeholders: the state funding agency, the teachers, and the students. Success was defined in multiple ways. In the quantitative section of the study, we…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Success, Statistical Analysis, Stakeholders
How Sharp is a Unicorn's Horn?
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Johnston, Peter H.; Allignton, Richard L. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1983
Criticizes a study of the reliability and validity of curriculum-based reading inventories by L. S. Fuchs, D. Fuchs, and S. L. Deno and raises questions regarding the study's internal and external validity. (AEA)
Descriptors: Informal Reading Inventories, Readability Formulas, Reading Research, Research Methodology
Types of Texts: The Match between What Students Read in Basals and What They Encounter in Tests.
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Flood, James; Lapp, Diane – Reading Research Quarterly, 1986
Analyzes eight leading basal reading programs to determine the types of writing included in each and the array of writing types used in three standardized reading tests included in the programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Reader Text Relationship
Recommendations for Research to Improve Reading Achievement for African American Students
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Flowers, Lamont A. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2007
There is little debate among researchers, policymakers, and educational stakeholders that reading achievement among African American students is an important issue (Strickland, 1994). While several scholars have contributed greatly to the research literature on matters pertaining to African American students and reading, additional research is…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Study Skills, Teacher Effectiveness, Standardized Tests
Thorndike Revisited--Some Facts
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Tuinman, J. Jaap – Reading Research Quarterly, 1971
Examines some historical facts surrounding Thorndike's 1917 article, Reading as Reasoning: A Study of Mistakes in Paragraph Reading," (republished in Reading Research Quarterly, 1971, 6, 425-48), in an attempt to put the article in its proper perspective both as a research study and as a contribution to the psychology of reading. (VJ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Psychology, Error Patterns, Measurement Techniques
What Do Standardized Tests of Reading Comprehension Measure in Terms of Efficiency, Accuracy, and Rate?
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Carver, Ronald P. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1992
Investigates factors measured by several tests of reading comprehension. Four different factor analyses consistently resulted in Efficiency Level factor when there was one factor; when there were two factors, one was interpreted as Accuracy Level and the other as Rate Level factor. Finds that the most important factor involved is Efficiency Level,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Reading Achievement