This study aimed at evaluating a PISA-like reading test developed by teachers participating in the teacher training for teaching PISA-like reading. To serve this purpose, an experimental test was administered to 107 students aged 15-16 using a set of text and questions constructed according to the criteria of the PISA Reading test Level 1. Item…

In this article, the author explores the implementation of the K-3 Reading First initiative and its recommendation for scientifically based reading curricula. During a time of high-stakes testing and accountability, this policy has emphasized a skills-based approach to reading and placed importance on scripted teaching models. Using data from a…

For the past few years the authors have worked in urban public elementary schools to implement literacy instruction that emphasizes higher-level reading, writing, and thinking, while also maintaining instructional focus on the skills of decoding, word recognition, and fluency. Their efforts have involved implementing an initiative called In2Books.…

Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center on the Right to Read Model reading programs developed from various Elementary Secondary Education Act funds. (RB)

A systematic, coherent reading program leads to improvement in the achievement of an entire elementary school. (DD)

There always has been a problem with grouping practices in reading programs. The complexity of the interaction between readers, texts, and the contexts in which reading takes place often is ignored by educational decisions that suggest that one program, set of materials, instructional technique, or grouping arrangement can address the needs of all…

This report is related to a study of first grade reading groups and presents the results of testing an instructional model developed from the integration of research and knowledge about how young children function in a classroom, especially within the small group format. The background and methodology of developing the instructional model is…

The purpose of this study was to develop guidelines and to construct a model which would show the various facets of a secondary school reading program and which could be followed in the development of such a program. The procedures for research included a review of the literature, the development of a set of guidelines and a model for a reading…

Five research reports on the use of instructional modules, originally published in the Atlanta "Journal and Constitution" as "Improving Reading Skills" and widely used in Georgia as the "Athens Model," are summarized in this paper. For research purposes, the modules were concentrated in time as a high saturation…

This study summarizes recent achievements in the expanding development of man/machine communications and reviews current technological hurdles associated with the development of artificial intelligence systems which can generate and recognize human speech patterns. With the development of such systems, one potential application would be the…

The Michigan Education Association recommends a task-force approach as one of the solutions to increasing the acquisition of additional skills for all elementary teachers in education and communication skills. An inservice model was developed to be used primarily with inner-city elementary pupils, but the basic design is applicable for use with…

Confluent education is the intentional integration of the affective and the cognitive domain in curriculum design and classroom teaching. The purpose of this study was to define, operationalize, and empirically evaluate a confluent reading/English fundamentals curriculum for community college students. A theoretical model was developed to describe…

Considerations pertinent to the development of a combined training system for users of the Learning Mastery Systems (LMSs) for the Harper & Row grade-one and grade-two and Bank Street grade-one reading programs are presented in this document. An LMS is a set of materials and procedures prepared by the Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) as an…

The rationale, procedures, and specifications employed in the development of the Harper & Row grade-three reading program Learning Mastery System (LMS) are described in this document. The LMS is a set of materials and procedures prepared by the Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) as an objectives-based framework to assist in managing the…

The procedures employed in the development of the various components of the Harper & Row grade two reading program Learning Mastery System (LMS) are outlined in this document. The Spring 1971 tryout of the LMS is also described. The LMS is a set of materials and procedures prepared by the Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) as an…