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Acosta, Jatnna; Williams, John, III; Hunt, Brittany – Journal of Educational Issues, 2019
This paper examines the literacy results of English language learners (ELLs) in two California schools following either the 50/50 or the 90/10 dual language (DL) program model. The purpose of this paper is to provide a literature review of dual language programs with an analysis of two schools' websites and literacy assessment data in order to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Language Proficiency, Immigrants, Literacy
Torgerson, David; Torgerson, Carole; Jefferson, Laura; Buckley, Hannah; Ainsworth, Hannah; Heaps, Clare; Mitchell, Natasha – Education Endowment Foundation, 2014
The Discover Summer School was a four-week programme which aimed to improve the reading and writing skills of children during the summer between Year 6 and Year 7. The programme was targeted at pupils who had been predicted to achieve below Level 4b in English by the end of Key Stage 2. Pupils meeting the eligibility criteria for the study, and…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Low Achievement
What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
"Spelling Mastery" is designed to explicitly teach spelling skills to students in grades 1 through 6. One of several Direct Instruction curricula from McGraw-Hill that precisely specify how to teach incremental content, "Spelling Mastery" includes phonemic, morphemic, and whole-word strategies. The What Works Clearinghouse…
Descriptors: Spelling, Spelling Instruction, Elementary School Students, Direct Instruction
Al-Sayed, Rania Kamal Muhammad; Abdel-Haq, Eman Muhammad; El-Deeb, Mervat Abou-Bakr; Ali, Mahsoub Abdel-Sadeq – Online Submission, 2016
The present study aimed at developing the memoir writing skills as a creative non-fiction genre of second year distinguished governmental language preparatory school pupils using the a WebQuest model. Fifty participants from second year at Hassan Abu-Bakr Distinguished Governmental Language School at Al-Qanater Al-Khairia(Qalubia Governorate) were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autobiographies, Personal Narratives, Writing Skills
Huang, Jinyan – Assessing Writing, 2012
Using generalizability (G-) theory, this study examined the accuracy and validity of the writing scores assigned to secondary school ESL students in the provincial English examinations in Canada. The major research question that guided this study was: Are there any differences between the accuracy and construct validity of the analytic scores…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Generalizability Theory, Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests
Liao, Chen-Huei; Kuo, Bor-Chen; Pai, Kai-Chih – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2012
Automated scoring by means of Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) has been introduced lately to improve the traditional human scoring system. The purposes of the present study were to develop a LSA-based assessment system to evaluate children's Chinese sentence construction skills and to examine the effectiveness of LSA-based automated scoring function…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Scoring, Personality
Jerome, Kathy; Gilman, David A. – 2003
This study compared ISTEP+ (Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress) writing test scores before the implementation of a writing improvement program with ISTEP+ writing test scores. The study was conducted two years after such a program was implemented. Data from two groups was collected for this comparison. The first group used was the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention, Grade 3
Puma, Michael; Tarkow, Allison; Puma, Anna – Grantee Submission, 2007
Background: This study evaluated the impact on student's writing ability of a structured writing program, called "Writing Wings," for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders developed by the Success For All Foundation (SFAF). Writing is a critical skill for success in school. Purpose: The study was intended to answer one confirmatory question,…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Research Design, Childrens Writing, Writing Attitudes
Horkay, Nancy; Bennett, Randy Elliott; Allen, Nancy; Kaplan, Bruce; Yan, Fred – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2006
This study investigated the comparability of scores for paper and computer versions of a writing test administered to eighth grade students. Two essay prompts were given on paper to a nationally representative sample as part of the 2002 main NAEP writing assessment. The same two essay prompts were subsequently administered on computer to a second…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Program Effectiveness
Jones, Joan; Jackson, Ronald – 1991
In an effort to determine the impact of entry-level writing tests and subsequent remedial writing programs on various student ethnic populations at California's Oxnard College (OC), a study was conducted of 812 first-time students in fall 1989 who were administered the Assessment and Placement Services Exam for Community Colleges (APSECC). Of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Brooks, Greg; Davies, Rachael; Duckett, Laura; Hutchison, Dougal; Kendall, Sally; Wilkin, Anne – 2001
The progress made by adults in dedicated mainstream basic skills provision in England and Wales and factors associated with students' progress were examined. Of the 2,135 students from 71 colleges of further education and local education authorities who took the reading pretest, 1,224 (57%) took the reading posttest. Writing scripts were received…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy