Drawing on a cross-national study of children's reading, a study examined the correlates of reading success and failure in Taiwan. Subjects, 240 randomly selected Taipei fifth graders, were administered a reading test, cognitive test, and mathematics achievement test. A structured interview with each child's mother and classroom behavior…

Reading test data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) were scaled using the unidimensional item response theory model. Data were collected for students aged 9, 13, and 17. To determine whether the responses to the reading items were consistent with unidimensionality, four different methods were applied: (1) principal…

The IBM Writing to Read program for children in kindergarten and first grade uses computers with voice output and IBM selectric typewriters to encourage writing and hence reading development. A study examined whether increased writing activity without the use of the technology would produce similar gains in reading. A classroom from the IBM…

In order to substantiate the need for college level developmental reading programs, this paper reviews research conducted in the area from 1971 to 1981. The paper provides bibliographic information for 96 entries drawn from a search of ERIC, Dissertation Abstracts International, the William S. Gray Research Collection in Reading, and journals in…

Intended to help the secondary school classroom teacher make use of some of the current research related to reading instruction, this book contains reviews of the literature on the various aspects of secondary school reading. Each of the 12 chapters begins with an introduction to set the stage and ends with a conclusion to put the ideas into…

Presented is a description of services provided by the Indian Education Program of Clark County School District (Nevada) to approximately 475 American Indian students and their parents. Program objectives for the 1981-82 school year included: third and sixth grade students receiving tutorial services will increase their reading and math skills to…

An overview of results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress in reading, science, and mathematics for American students during the 1970's -- ages 9, 13, and 17 -- is presented. Results are for three learning areas commonly accepted as critical to the maintenance of our increasingly technological society. Data on performance have…

Noting recent research showing the considerable benefit in having carefully structured systems for parental involvement in reading, this book presents a review of past and current successful practices in this field. The chapters in the first part of the book discuss the context of international trends in parents' involvement in their children's…

A study was conducted to assess the effect of contrasting mastery learning procedures on the reading achievement of high and low ability students. Subjects were 48 high and 40 low ability first grade students randomly assigned to either a typical commercial basal reading series mastery treatment or an alternative mastery learning treatment that…

This paper describes and reports results of a program aimed at improving performance of all students, K-12, through a program of sequenced objectives monitored with criterion-referenced tests. Target curriculum areas were mathematics, reading, and language skills. Nationally normed achievement tests were administered in a base year and each year…

Efficient methods of using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data files are discussed. One error in the NAEP SPSS file is discussed, and another error (which may be system-dependent) is mentioned. In addition, purely mathematical methods are used to address the…

The Native Language Arts-English as a Second Language Program was designed for economically disadvantaged students whose native language was not English and whose ability to read and write in English and in some cases in their own tongue was not adequate. It was in operation from February through June of 1976 in 14 high schools serving 1004…

Local norms for the three scores of the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT)--reading, spelling, and arithmetic--were developed on the basis of 1,021 children in the age range of 5 through 7 and 83 more children aged 8 through 11 from a suburban school district near Seattle, Washington. In general, the local group was found to be superior to the…

A nationwide, longitudinal study investigated changes in student achievement in grades 1-12 associated with intensive educational innovation. Standardized reading, language, and arithmetic test scores; student and teacher background and attitudinal data; and educational characteristics underlying school programs were obtained over a three-year…

In evaluating its first year of the Student Progress Plan (SPP), the District of Columbia Public Schools found that more students were promoted under SPP than would have been promoted under the traditional policy. Implemented in grades 1-3 in 125 schools as part of the school district's competency-based curriculum, SPP is a skills mastery plan in…