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Weaver, Barbara Jean Alexander – ProQuest LLC, 2012
One of the greatest predictors and characteristics of a high school dropout has been poor reading skills. Students with low achievement levels in reading by the end of third grade are at greater risk of becoming a dropout. The study sought to determine whether the Corrective Reading Program impacted reading comprehension and fluency skills of…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, At Risk Students
Joseph, Kelly C. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Schools have become more diverse; the number of English Language Learners has increased from two million in 1993-94 to over four million in 2006 (Echevarria, Vogt, and Short, 2001). Most English Language Learners in U.S. schools are of Latino descent. Recent national tests of reading and writing (i.e., the National Assessment of Educational…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Curriculum Design, Reading Fluency, Corrective Reading