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Mariann Lemke; Dan Murphy; Aaron Soo Ping Chow; Angela Acuña – WestEd, 2024
Beginning with the 2020/21 school year, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) began an ongoing effort to collect and analyze literacy screening assessment data from schools and districts participating in certain state grants to inform improvement efforts. Grantee schools and districts that provide literacy…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Literacy, Screening Tests
Ethan R. Van Norman; Emily R. Forcht – Online Submission, 2024
The purpose of this report was to evaluate the Lalilo software program. This large-scale quasi-experimental study independently conducted by Lehigh University reported that K-1 students in schools using Lalilo increased their early literacy skills at a greater rate than students in similar schools that did not use Lalilo.
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Emergent Literacy, Primary Education
Utah State Board of Education, 2023
The Early Literacy Program focuses on the development of early literacy skills, with additional emphasis placed on intervention for students at risk of not meeting grade-based reading benchmarks. Resources available to aid these students include interventions and supports for students in grades kindergarten through third grade, standards and…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Skill Development, Literacy, Benchmarking
Aaron Soo Ping Chow; Katy Nilsen; Jazmin Cruz; Dennis Ciancio – Online Submission, 2024
This independent quasi-experimental study conducted by WestEd reported that Lalilo had a large significant positive impact on students' oral reading fluency skills. This is an important outcome because fluency is both a critical component of literacy and a strong predictor of later reading success. Effects were particularly strong for students…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Emergent Literacy, Beginning Reading, Reading Instruction
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Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2021
The "Effectiveness of Early Literacy Instruction: Summary of 20 Years of Research" study examined information about evidence-based practices that are essential for early childhood educators and policymakers as they support preschool children's language and literacy development. The study used a process modeled after the What Works…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Preschool Children, Language Acquisition, Emergent Literacy
John Westall; Andrew Utter; Katharine O. Strunk – Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, 2023
Early literacy skills are critical to the educational outcomes of young students. Accordingly, 19 states have early literacy policies that require grade retention for underperforming readers at the end of third grade. However, there is mixed evidence about retention's effectiveness and concerns that retention may disproportionately impact…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, State Legislation, Emergent Literacy, Grade Repetition
Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy), 2023
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) funds programs providing services designed to assist children with a range of delays and disabilities in achieving individualized developmental and functional goals. There are two types of programs. Part C Early Intervention is for children ages birth-2, and Part B Preschool is for children…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities
Utah State Board of Education, 2024
The Early Literacy Program focuses on the development of early literacy skills, with additional emphasis on intervention for students at risk of not meeting grade-based reading benchmarks. Districts and charter schools (LEAs) assess, and report to the state, students' reading composites and benchmarks three (3) times a year using the Acadience…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Skill Development, At Risk Students, School Districts
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Foorman, Barbara; Herrera, Sarah; Dombek, Jennifer; Schatschneider, Chris; Petscher, Yaacov – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2017
Understanding written language is crucial to academic success in all content areas. Ensuring a strong foundation in the components of written language--that is, the literacy skills of reading, writing, and oral language--is essential if students are to read with understanding and, thus, is a primary goal of early literacy instruction and of the…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Instructional Effectiveness
Utah State Board of Education, 2021
The Early Literacy Program focuses on the development of early literacy skills in all students, with additional emphasis placed on intervention for "at-risk" students. Resources available to aid these students include interventions and supports for students in grades kindergarten through third grade, standards and assessments for testing…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Reading Programs, Primary Education, Intervention
Mary Styers; Ashley Hunt – Online Submission, 2023
Reading Horizons partnered with LearnPlatform by Instructure to investigate the relationship between teacher implementation of Reading Horizons Discovery (RHD) and student literacy outcomes. The study involved 83 educators and 1,242 students across seven elementary schools in North Carolina during the 2022-23 school year. Researchers used mCLASS…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Elementary School Students, Faculty Development, Program Descriptions
Mariann Lemke; Dan Murphy; Aaron Soo Ping Chow; Hayley Spencer; Angela Zhang – WestEd, 2023
Beginning with the 2020/21 school year, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) began collecting literacy screening assessment data from schools and districts participating in certain state grants. Screening assessment benchmark scores were available for just over 35,000 unique students across 2020/21 and 2021/22,…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Emergent Literacy, Disadvantaged, English Language Learners
Utah State Board of Education, 2022
The Early Literacy Program focuses on the development of early literacy skills in all students, with additional emphasis placed on intervention for "at-risk" students. Resources available to aid these students include interventions and supports for students in grades kindergarten through third grade, standards and assessments for testing…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Reading Programs, Primary Education, Intervention
Utah State Board of Education, 2020
The Early Literacy Program focuses on the development of early literacy skills, with additional emphasis on intervention for students at risk of not meeting grade-based reading benchmarks. Districts and charter schools (LEAs) assess, and report to the state, students' reading composites and benchmarks three (3) times a year using the Acadience…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Intervention
Lynch, Kathleen; Lee, Monica; Loeb, Susanna – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on preschool children's school readiness skills remains understudied. This research investigates Head Start preschool children's early numeracy, literacy, and executive function outcomes during a pandemic-affected school year, using a novel virtual assessment methodology. Study children (N = 336; mean age = 51…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Low Income Groups, Federal Programs
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