An analysis of the assessment results and general findings of a statewide assessment in reading conducted in Hawaii in 1975 is presented in this report. Chapters provide a perspective on the assessment program, the preparation of the statewide assessment, the methodology used, the procedures for data analysis, and the results and findings of…

Successful reading comprehension lessons given to primary grade children seem to incorporate the following four elements: (1) Two-thirds of lesson time is spent on the direct instruction of comprehension. (2) The major teaching strategy used is one in which the children's background knowledge of the text is explored first, before the text is read…

Subjects were ninth graders in a highly competitive midwestern suburban school. All subjects had attended school in the district for their entire education. The "average" group of 49 students was compared with the "high ability" group of 124 students. Results were analyzed to determine whether differences were statistically…

A sample of 188 freshman students was tested for ability in seven areas of reading, prior to the beginning of the academic year; their scores were later related to the cumulative grade point average (CGPA) for their freshman year. Significant correlations were found between CGPA and vocabulary, reflective comprehension, total comprehension, and…

Five hundred second-grade pupils participated in a study of the effect of the Allain Color Pack reading system on reading achievement. Subjects were divided into equal treatment and control groups; each group was stratified according to low, average, and high reading ability determined on the basis of pretests of vocabulary and comprehension. The…

A study of 74 elementary classrooms in Chicago was undertaken to see how the management and organization of instruction impinge on student involvement during reading instruction. The objectives were to determine whether student attention was higher when the teacher directed instruction to the entire room than when the teacher directed instruction…

Eighteen first grade students participated in a study to determine if reading achievement would be significantly higher for children who experienced reading-while-listening to children's literature as an enrichment activity than for children who did not have a similar experience. The children were divided into two treatment groups of equal size.…

This report summarizes the results of the March, 1978, reading examination that was administered to New York City public school pupils in grades 2 through 9 (with the exception of those in high schools). Section A delineates New York City student reading achievement compared to national norms. Section B compares pupil reading achievement by school…

In a sample of more than 400 fifth grade students, the reading comprehension levels of children living with both parents and children living with only one parent were compared. Data were collected on the demographic variables of race, student sex, family organization (two parents/one parent), parent educational level, family occupational prestige,…

Four variables--teacher personality, knowledge of reading, years of experience, and number of years since last reading course--and their relationships with pupil achievement in reading were examined in a study involving 23 fourth grade teachers. The teachers were evaluated on several instruments and their pupils were pretested and posttested with…

The Intensive Reading Improvement Program (IRIP) was implemented in Chicago, Illinois elementary schools after standardized test results, first published in 1969, indicated the need for improvement. IRIP had four goals: to increase motivation in both students and teachers; to extend teachers' understanding of a good developmental reading program;…

THIS REPORT REPRESENTS AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FIRST FULL SCHOOL YEAR OF 1,429 FOURTH AND SEVENTH GRADERS RECEIVING TITLE I INSTRUCTION IN 16 SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF NORTHERN APPALACHIA. THE STUDY WAS CONCERNED WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS PROJECTS ON THE READING ACHIEVEMENT OF CHILDREN. THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ARE CONSIDERED PERTINENT TO THE…

The extended effects of two instructional approaches, the Coordinated Basal Language Arts Approach and the Integrated Experience Approach to Communication, on pupils' language development at the second- and third-grade levels were investigated. Original subjects were 669 first graders who were pretested for readiness and intelligence. Of these,…

Thirty-two students from each of grades three and four were administered the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests, two word lists, and a number of tests selected from the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development. Individual Performance Profiles were used to determine which Design tests to administer, the number of attempts required to attain skill…

This dissertation investigated, under conditions of court-ordered desegregation accomplished by "forced" busing, the assumption that desegregation brings achievement gains for blacks but that it has no negative effects on white achievement. Reading and arithmetic achievement of a sample of 429 upper elementary students (both black and…