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Download full textUrdegar, Steven M. – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2014
Achieve 3000 is an online differentiated reading program for students with disabilities and English Language Learners in grades 6-8. The software delivers differentiated assignments at 12 different reading levels. The software features internal assessments that continuously gauge students' reading levels, provides feedback to teachers, and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Disabilities, Individualized Instruction, Reading Programs
Direct linkMenendez, Rita M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of participation in Read 180, a teacher-mediated, computer-mediated reading instruction program, on the reading proficiency of 4th and 5th grade English Language Learners. The students who participated in the Read 180 program scored below the 25th percentile on the Florida Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Grade 4, Grade 5, Language Proficiency
Zollman, Alan; And Others – 1989
Two parallel studies were conducted to determine whether students' achievement in reading and/or mathematics would be affected by the use of Education Systems Corporation (ESC) Software for Chapter 1 students. Students in the experimental groups used the software twice a week during a period of one school year, with 561 Chapter 1 students in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Disabilities, Elementary Education
Bixler, Brett; Askov, Eunice N. – 1988
A study examined the use of the Penn State Adult Literacy Courseware, which teaches sight vocabulary to beginning adult readers, in a volunteer tutoring situation with three male and two female unemployed adults whose average grade level in reading was 1.1. All students were white, their average age was 37, and the highest grade any of them had…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
Macmurdo, Alice – 1988
A project in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, investigated whether the use of computers along with Laubach literacy materials could significantly raise the reading level of adults presently reading at the 0-4 grade levels. Adults in a control and an experimental group (15 in each) worked one-on-one with volunteer tutors using the "Laubach Way to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction
Pingsterhaus, Ruth – Illinois Libraries, 2000
Discusses a project developed at Damiansville Elementary School (Illinois) to improve reading scores on state reading tests and encourage students to improve reading achievement. Topics include funding; the Standardized Tests for Assessment of Reading; the Accelerated Reader program; planning; the role of the library; and community participation.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedKleinmann, Howard H. – Modern Language Journal, 1987
Study of the reading achievement of nonnative speakers of English enrolled in a basic skills college reading course indicated that those students receiving computer-assisted instruction (CAI) made higher reading achievement gains than students not receiving CAI. An annotated list of CAI reading software is included. (CB)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, English (Second Language)
Krause, Robin – Illinois Libraries, 2000
Describes a program at an Illinois middle school that was designed to increase reading achievement, vocabulary, and the enjoyment of reading. Highlights include the library's role; use of the Standardized Test for Assessment of Reading; the Accelerated Reader program; teacher training; teacher comments; and grant funds. Four appendices include:…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Evaluation Methods, Grants
