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Sen, Anindita; Burns, Stephanie; Miller, David C. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) assesses the reading achievement of fourth-graders and collects data on their teachers' reading instruction practices and strategies. Presenting data from the United States and the 44 other jurisdictions that participated in PIRLS 2006, this Statistics in Brief describes international…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Student Evaluation, Grade 4
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
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