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Direct linkFancsali, Cheri; Abe, Yasuyo; Pyatigorsky, Mikhail; Ortiz, Lorena; Chan, Vincent; Saltares, Eliana; Toby, Megan; Schellinger, Adam; Jaciw, Andrew – Empirical Education Inc., 2015
The Reading Apprenticeship instructional framework was developed by WestEd's Strategic Literacy Initiative (SLI) two decades ago to help teachers provide the literacy support students need to be successful readers in the content areas. It has since reached over 100,000 teachers in schools across the country, at the middle school, high school, and…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Content Area Reading, Metacognition, Program Implementation
Download full textBalu, Rekha; Malbin, Joshua – MDRC, 2017
Students learn or progress at their own paces. Each needs different amounts of support, at different points in a school career and at different times of the school year. Some need very little help to stay on track, while others are facing serious challenges in learning, in their behavior, or at home, and need significant interventions. It would…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Educational Practices, Academic Support Services, Intervention
Schenck, Allen; Feighan, Kelly; Coffey, Debra; Rui, Ning – Research for Better Schools, 2011
This report presents the results from an evaluation of the fourth year of the Memphis Striving Readers Project (MSRP) conducted by Research for Better Schools (RBS). MSRP, funded for five years by the United States Department of Education, comprises two interventions aimed at improving adolescent literacy and the quality of literacy instruction…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Programs, Program Evaluation, Middle School Students
Simon, Alan J.; Tunik, Jonathan; Alemany, Julia; Zhu, Jing; Zacharia, Joy; Ramsey, Lori; Swann, Rebecca; Bergman, Artis; Fields, Allison; Mendes, Ranjana – Metis Associates, 2011
In 2005, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education issued a request for proposals (RFP) for programs to improve adolescent literacy. The Department's stated goal was to improve the performance of struggling adolescent readers and help build a strong scientific research base around specific strategies to help…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Urban Schools, Reading Programs, Program Evaluation
Zacamy, Jenna; Gray, Sophia; Jaciw, Andrew; Newman, Denis – Empirical Education Inc., 2013
In October 2010, WestEd's Strategic Literacy Initiative (SLI) won an i3 "Validation" grant to scale up and validate the Reading Apprenticeship (RA) model in three core secondary content area classes: U.S. history, biology, and English language arts. SLI's proposal stated two goals. Goal 1: To transform academic literacy teaching and…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement, Content Area Reading
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
Artley, A. Sterl – 1971
The feasibility of and disparity between pronouncement and actual practice in secondary school developmental programs are discussed. The author states that, while systematic development of reading competencies and interests are the purported goals, the actual status of developmental reading varies greatly as reported in various studies. Smith…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Content Area Reading, Developmental Reading, Literature Reviews
French, Michael P. – 1981
Intended for educators involved in developing secondary school reading programs, this paper describes a carefully balanced program implemented in the Wisconsin public school system for grades 7 through 12. Following a brief introduction to and rationale for the concept of a reading program that balances instruction in reading for skill…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Crismore, Avon – 1980
Noting the increasing recognition being given to the importance of content area reading, this paper describes an inservice education program designed for content area secondary school teachers in the Fort Wayne, Indiana, school system as a possible model for other school districts to adopt. The first section of the paper describes the program,…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness
PDF pending restorationCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Right to Read Unit. – 1974
This document consists of worksheets used by the California Right to Read program. The worksheets include "Student Performance Data by Class,""Student Performance Data" (for a given grade), "Summary: Data on Reading Program,""Summary: Reading Methods,""Teacher Skill Assessment Form,""Skill…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Evaluation Needs, Personnel Needs, Program Evaluation
Leeds, Donald S. – Minnesota Reading Quarterly, 1971
Reviews the teacher's role, educational gains, and accountability in performance contracting. (MB)
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement, Content Area Reading, Performance Contracts
Early, Margaret J., Ed. – 1964
This collection of papers, written by specialists in the field, presents information on significant topics in secondary reading. Each paper is followed by a discussion which raises questions and emphasizes points made in the paper. The topics covered include the establishment of an all-school reading program, instruction and class organization,…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Content Area Reading, Developmental Reading, Organization
Early, Margaret J., Ed. – 1964
This collection of papers, written by specialists in the field, presents information on significant topics in secondary reading. Each paper is followed by a discussion which raises questions and emphasizes points made in the paper. The topics covered include the establishment of an all-school reading program, instruction and class organization,…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Content Area Reading, Developmental Reading, Organization
Katrein, Robert M.
The importance, the characteristics, the organization, and the evaluation of effective secondary inservice reading programs are discussed. The importance of reading instruction in all subject areas and the importance of total faculty participation in the development of an inservice program are stressed. Three characteristic stages of an inservice…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Development, Program Evaluation
Anderson, Darby; Halloran, Mary – 1978
This program assessment instrument was developed for use by educators and community representatives in evaluating secondary school reading programs and in establishing program goals. Using a rating scale of (1) not started, (2) started/little progress, (3) some progress, (4) almost achieved, and (5) achieved, the instrument covers the following…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Content Area Reading, Developmental Reading, Program Evaluation
