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Direct linkHastings, Kathryn – Reading Improvement, 2016
The benefits of engaging with age-appropriate reading materials in classroom settings are numerous. For example, students' comprehension is developed as they acquire new vocabulary and concepts. The Common Core requires all students have daily opportunities to engage with "complex text" regardless of students' decoding levels. However,…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Learner Engagement, Common Core State Standards, Decoding (Reading)
Dennis, Danielle V. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2013
The confluence of No Child Left Behind and the National Reading Panel report on the five essential components of reading instruction forged a path for struggling adolescent readers that supports a narrow curriculum designed to address gaps in constrained skills. Adolescents from a large school district in the state of Tennessee who failed state…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Special Needs Students, Adolescents
Lemons, Christopher J.; Mrachko, Alicia A.; Kostewicz, Douglas E.; Paterra, Matthew F. – Exceptional Children, 2012
Many children with intellectual disability, including children with Down syndrome, have teachers who are unsure what type of reading instruction is likely to increase outcomes for their students. Effectiveness of two commercially available, evidence-based reading interventions was evaluated through 3 multiple baseline across participants,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Instruction, Reading Fluency, Phonological Awareness
Adapting an Evidence-Based Reading Comprehension Strategy for Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Whalon, Kelly; Hart, Juliet E. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2011
Reading is a critical skill for student success in school and postschool opportunities. Although a number of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) will develop the decoding skills necessary to read text, many will continue to struggle with reading comprehension. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Federal Legislation, Autism, Decoding (Reading)
Kubina, Richard M., Jr.; Commons, Michael Lamport; Heckard, Barbara – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2009
This study examined the effects of a Direct Instruction (DI) reading program combined with Precision Teaching during a public school's summer program. Students received instruction from "Reading Mastery" programs for a six-week period. Students also practiced specific reading skills including letter-sound identification, sounding out…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Summer Programs, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Connor, Carol; Lane, Holly; Kosanovich, Marcia L.; Schatschneider, Chris; Dyrlund, Allison K.; Miller, Melissa S.; Wright, Tyran L. – Journal of School Psychology, 2008
This study investigated the role of the amount, content, and implementation of reading instruction provided by 17 kindergarten teachers in eight "Reading First" elementary schools as it related to students' progress (n = 286 students) on early reading assessments of phonological awareness and letter naming-decoding fluency. Children's…
Descriptors: Phonics, Beginning Reading, Phonological Awareness, Kindergarten
Download full textNational Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2009
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 created the Reading First program to help ensure that all students could read at or above grade level by the end of grade 3. The program promotes practices recommended by the National Reading Panel for early reading instruction, highlighting essential components of reading instruction. As required by the…
Descriptors: State Programs, Federal Legislation, Program Effectiveness, School Personnel
Peer reviewedMcCollin, Michelle; O'Shea, Doris – Preventing School Failure, 2005
Legislative language, mandated by the newly reauthorized Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) of 2004 and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, underscores a number of issues relevant to students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds displaying reading-achievement difficulties. In this article,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Reading Difficulties, Reading Achievement, Emergent Literacy
Elder-Hinshaw, Rebecca; Manset-Williamson, Genevieve; Nelson, Jason M.; Dunn, Michael W. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2006
Creating accessible and engaging lessons for students with reading disabilities (RD) in inclusive classrooms is particularly challenging for special educators in upper elementary and middle school settings. Older students with RD have difficulty accessing the texts that serve as the basis for instruction, and years of repeated failure can leave…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Student Projects, Federal Legislation
