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Download full textCollet, Vicki S.; Penaflorida, Jennifer; French, Seth; Allred, Jonathan; Greiner, Angelia; Chen, Jingshu – Educational Considerations, 2021
In many U.S. states, legislation seeks to define effective instruction for beginning readers, creating an urgent need to turn to scholars who are knowledgeable about ongoing reading research. This mixed-methods study considers the extent to which recognized literacy experts agreed with recommendations about instruction that were included on a…
Descriptors: State Policy, Reading Comprehension, Phonological Awareness, Reading Fluency
Kushman, Jim; Hanita, Makoto; Raphael, Jacqueline – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2011
Students entering high school face many new academic challenges. One of the most important is their ability to read and understand more complex text in literature, mathematics, science, and social studies courses as they navigate through a rigorous high school curriculum. The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northwest conducted a study to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Reading, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedCooter, Robert B., Jr. – Reading Horizons, 1985
Discusses the developmental and testing of an instrument to evaluate secondary school reading programs. Presents the instrument. (FL)
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Reading Programs, Reading Research, Secondary Education
Rains, Navene N. – 1993
A study investigated the attitudes toward reading of Western Kansas students in grades 1-6. Of the 156 students in the sample, 45 participated in the study group while 111 constituted the control group. The independent variables were participation status, achievement in reading, gender, socioeconomic class status, intelligence test scores, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Attitudes, Reading Programs
Foertsch, Mary – 2003
A study was conducted in response to a request from the Illinois State Board of Education to examine closely which reading programs work best for Illinois students and schools. In some Illinois schools, students exhibit consistently high levels of reading achievement--the teaching, learning, and other practices of these schools may point the way…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Validation, Public Schools
Knupp, Richard – 1988
A study examined the efficacy of the repeated readings method in improving the oral reading rate, decreasing the number of oral reading errors, and improving the oral reading comprehension accuracy of educationally handicapped students. The oral reading skills of eight students from an urban northeastern United States community identified as…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Oral Reading, Reading Difficulties
Eder, Frances Carol – 1994
A longitudinal study observed and analyzed a group formed within a private Catholic school community on the eastern seaboard of the United States. The 25 parents within the group were from middle-class families and had children who were in grades 1 through 8. Meetings with group members were monitored, questionnaires were given to group members,…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Elementary Education, Longitudinal Studies, Parent Participation
Foertsch, Mary – 2003
This report documents the methodology and findings of a study of the characteristics of Illinois public school district 31's reading programs in kindergarten through grade 8. For the study's purposes, the term "reading program" includes integrated language arts and humanities instruction. The study was conducted in response to a request…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Middle Schools, Public Schools, Questionnaires
Hagerty, Patricia J.; Foster, Ann M.; Cobb, Brian – 1998
A study compared and contrasted various early intervention reading programs, examining 12 early intervention programs in 10 school districts within 60 miles of the Denver metropolitan area. Programs selected were considered to be district-wide, had been in place for at least a year, had coordinators who agreed to be interviewed, were designed for…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention, Evaluation Criteria, Interviews
McDonald, Geraldine – 1994
The purpose of this study was to determine whether significant mean differences exist in standardized reading scores between a district that utilized a single basal series to develop reading ability and a district utilizing a tri-basal approach to reading. A cross-section of elementary teachers from two similar suburban school districts that…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
The intent of this evaluation report is to provide information obtained from a study of the Success in Reading and Writing Program pilot project initiated in the Washington, D. C. public schools in 1978-79. The first chapter of the report describes the Success in Reading and Writing Program, its goals and objectives, and the pilot project; states…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Reading Improvement
Lore, Rosemary; Chamberlain, Ed – 1987
Designed to improve underachieving high school students' reading and communication skills, the Secondary Developmental Reading program served 909 ninth, tenth, and eleventh graders in 13 Ohio schools. Funding was made available through the Ohio Disadvantaged Pupil Program Fund (DPPF). Nine teachers from eight high schools participated in the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, High School Students, Inservice Teacher Education, Reading Diagnosis
Huydic, Valerie – 1978
The "Direct Instructional System for Teaching Reading" (DISTAR) is a highly structured, synthetic method of teaching reading that was developed to provide beginning and remedial reading instruction to primary school children who have had difficulty learning from other materials. To determine DISTAR's effectiveness as a teaching method,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Zalud, Garreth G.; And Others – 1992
A study established the extent to which certain program materials and teaching methods were being utilized in elementary and middle grades schools in South Dakota. Each district that operated an elementary grades school, a middle grades school, or both was sent a two-part survey to complete. A total of 117 of 248 surveys were returned, for a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Reading Instruction
Newman, Anabel; And Others – 1993
A study examined the effectiveness of the spring-semester 1993 implementation of the CONSULT-I(R) program, which uses artificial intelligence with statistical pattern recognition in constructing a diagnosis and recommending treatment of reading difficulties. Eight classroom teachers and two Gifted and Talented coordinators at South Avondale…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
