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Hofstetter, Carolyn Huie; Strick, Betsy; Der-Martirosian, Claudia; Ong-Dean, Colin; Long, Pamela; Lou, Yuan Yuan – San Diego Unified School District, 2011
The San Diego Unified School District Striving Readers Project aims to work within the research base on adolescent literacy to conceptualize, describe and apply the elements of effective teaching and professional development with the goal of increasing the literacy achievement of struggling adolescent readers. Since the inception of the Striving…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Program Implementation
Meisch, Allison; Hamilton, Jennifer; Chen, Eva; Quintanilla, Priscilla; Fong, Pauline; Gray-Adams, Karen; Petta, Ian; Thornton, Nancy – Westat, 2011
This report summarizes the results of the Newark, New Jersey, Striving Readers program for project Years 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. This report updates one analysis (3 years); the remainder of the impacts and implementation findings are for Year 4. The Striving Readers Grant addresses the unmet needs of middle school students reading 2 or more years below…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Programs, Program Evaluation, Intervention
Gittelman, Rachel; Feingold, Ingrid – 1980
The effect of reading remediation that emphasized phonetic decoding was investigated in 61 children with pure reading disorders, controlling for the influence of nonspecific treatment effects. The children were randomly assigned to receive instruction in reading or in other subjects for four months; and they were reevaluated immediately after, two…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Phonetics, Program Effectiveness
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Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. – 1999
Including the Spring 1999 reading data from all public elementary schools in Louisiana containing first, second, and third grades, this report provides the results of the analysis of the Developmental Reading Assessment data that measured the reading abilities of all students in Louisiana. Louisiana is committed to improving students' reading…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Primary Education, Public Schools, Reading Achievement
Gittelman, Rachel; And Others – 1980
A study was conducted to investigate the effects of methylphenidate given in conjunction with reading remediation to children with pure reading disorders. A total of 66 children receiving motivated reading remediation were randomly assigned to either a placebo or a methylphenidate treatment group. A battery of reading, academic, and psychological…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Drug Therapy, Drug Use, Elementary Education