This study presents the findings from the first-year evaluation of the Round Rock Independent School District's (ISD) Digital Learning Classroom project, an initiative focused on the improvement of English Language Learners' (ELL) learning using interactive whiteboard (IWB) technology. An objective of the evaluation was to determine the extent IWB…

TWO LONGITUDINAL STUDIES OF THE EFFECTS OF EARLY READING ON LATER ACHIEVEMENT ARE REPORTED. EARLY READERS ARE CHILDREN WHOSE READING WAS THE PRODUCT OF NONSCHOOLING, WHO IDENTIFIED 18 OUT OF 37 WORDS ON AN ORAL TEST, AND WHO COULD ACHIEVE A RAW SCORE ON THE GATES PRIMARY READING TESTS. THE 1958 STUDY TESTED 49 EARLY READERS OVER A 6-YEAR PERIOD…

THE PROCESSES OF THOUGHT, OF CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT, AND OF VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY INTERRELATED. COMMUNICATION OF IDEAS DEPENDS UPON THE ABILITY TO ASSOCIATE WRITTEN AND VERBAL SYMBOLS WITH THE REFERENTS THROUGH A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS OF REORGANIZING AND INTEGRATING OLD AND NEW CONCEPTS. THE ABILITY TO ASSOCIATE, IN TURN, DEPENDS UPON…

Significant relationships were found between behavioral disorders and early reading achievement and current reading achievement in 45 behavior disordered and 45 normal secondary students. Results revealed a pattern of relatively poor reading achievement associated with behavioral disorders and continuing, poor performance in reading at the…

Third graders (N=32) were administered items from reading achievement tests and interviewed concerning strategies they employed and level of confidence in each answer. Results indicated that LD students were less likely to report use of appropriate strategies on inferential questions and to attend carefully to specific format demands; LD students…

This article, first in a three-part series, presents six elements of administrative leadership found in effective reading programs. They represent a realistic way for a principal to provide leadership to a secondary school reading program. (MD)

Assessed the validity of the Kindergarten Teacher Rating Scale (KTRS) in predicting reading achievement for male (N=254) and female (N=227) students. Results indicated that the KTRS was a significant predictor of reading achievement for both boys and girls. Differential predictive validity for boys and girls was not found. (LLL)

Discusses some dimensions of the right to read and the promise of American education to make all Americans literate. (Author)

The relationship between the ability to perceive rhythm and the ability to read is discussed. (CK)

A study of the reading achievement of sixth-grade students in the Tampa Bay area of Florida shows average and above average students doing better on 1978 standardized reading tests than on tests from the 1950s, while below average students do better on the earlier tests. (PGD)

Investigates existence or otherwise of group level effects on progress in reading. Combines administrative data to give two primary age cohorts, each of the order of 2500 pupils, in one Local Education Authority (LEA) in southeast England. Finds mean score and pupil turnover were the most important aggregated group level effects. (BT)

Studied the handling of missing data in the U.S. component of the International Reading Literacy Study and compared theses approaches with other methods of handling missing data. For most analyses of the Reading Literacy Study, results show the data set completed by imputation to be a convenient option. (SLD)

Past research has indicated that a significant relationship exists between young children's early home literacy environment and their reading-related skills. However, this relationship has rarely been investigated among older children with reading disabilities (RD). In the present study, the relationship between parent and child home literacy…

Professional development is very important for new teachers as well as experienced teachers as it helps them face challenges in the classroom and broader school culture. The types of professional development, key considerations and the involvement and impact on the teachers are discussed.

Although the relationship between attitudes toward reading and reading achievement has been well documented, the causal relationship between these constructs remains unclear. Using longitudinal covariance structure modeling, this study tested the hypothesis that 3 reading-related constructs in the primary grades (2nd-3rd grade) - reading attitude,…