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Download full textWigfield, Allan; And Others – 1996
A study assessed dimensions of children's reading motivations by giving them a revised version of the Motivations for Reading Questionnaire (MRQ). The MRQ is designed to assess 11 possible dimensions of reading motivations, including reading efficacy, several intrinsic and several extrinsic reading motivations, social aspects of reading, and the…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Reading Achievement
Trapp, Carol M. – 1995
A study determined if either school entry age or gender had any effect on the reading achievement of 121 second-grade students from the Metuchen, New Jersey, public school district. The subjects were administered the California Achievement Test in the Spring of 1994. Results indicated that late starters scored significantly better than early…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 2, Primary Education, Reading Achievement
Gianatasio, Deborah – 1999
This study investigated parents' perceptions of their child's reading abilities. Parents of 92 fourth grade students completed questionnaires to measure the perception parents held of their child's reading ability in relation to the ability of their child based on standardized test scores. Correlations between the Terra Nova Standardized Test and…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Parent Attitudes, Questionnaires
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1998
This policy brief provides background information to state leaders as they play an increasingly visible role in reading programs. It focuses on understanding how children learn to read; on clarifying what research says about effective reading approaches; on why so many students are not reading successfully; and on identifying what policymakers can…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement
White, Nancy – 1989
A study investigated various developmental relationships between the attitudes of students toward reading and their reading achievement, with the intention of providing additional information concerning attitudes and attitude testing within school programs. Subjects, 876 students in grades 1 through 8 from a white, middle-class rural community,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary Education, Middle Schools, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedHenderson, Mary Ann – Journal of Reading, 1976
Compares two methods of teaching reading, concluding that junior college reading lab students benefit more from individually prescribed than from self-selected programs. (RB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Individualized Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedLavine, Stephen B.; Putnam, Lillian R. – Reading World, 1976
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Predictive Measurement, Reading Achievement, Reading Diagnosis
Peer reviewedZehm, Stanley J. – Reading Improvement, 1975
Provides evidence that teacher expectations are an important factor in determining reading success. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedBlack, Frank S.; Bargar, Robert R. – Reading Teacher, 1975
Concludes that the reading achievement of mobile pupils is not significantly different from that of stationary pupils. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Low Income, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedPhillips, Leonard W.; Bianchi, William B. – Urban Education, 1975
Desegregated students showed greater gains in reading achievement at the end of 7 months than segregated students; however these differences may be due to qualitative differences in reading instruction and do disappear after 24 months. Black students I.Q.'s increased under conditions of desegregation while students in the control school lost…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Black Students, Elementary School Students, Intelligence Differences
Johns, Jerry L. – 1990
A portfolio approach to classroom literacy assessment offers a different way to evaluate and document students' growth and progress in literacy. Portfolios place a high premium on using a variety of real literacy activities over a period of time which involves the interaction of teachers and students in the development and maintenance of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Informal Assessment, Literacy
American Newspaper Publishers Association, Washington, DC. – 1990
Representing a selection from the American Newspaper Publishers Association (ANPA) Literacy Conference, these seven papers include: "Remarks Prepared for Delivery ANPA Literacy Conference" (Labor Secretary, Elizabeth Dole); "National Education Goal #5: A Challenge for Everyone" (Assistant Secretary of Education, Ted Sanders);…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Futures (of Society), Illiteracy, Literacy
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
To help raise the reading scores and attitudes of selected "at-risk" students from Thomas Jefferson, Springfield Gardens, and Franklin D. Roosevelt High Schools in New York City, a pilot study daily provided students with individual copies of the "New York Daily News" and integrated the use of the paper into regular…
Descriptors: High Schools, Newspapers, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement
Anderson, Bernice; And Others – 1986
A study examined the relationship between television viewing habits and reading achievement of students in grades 4, 8, and 11. Students, in addition to responding to the achievement and background exercises, answered three questions about their television viewing habits. Analysis of results showed that at all three grade levels, students who…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Habits
Schulz, E. Matthew; And Others – 1986
Over 75 percent of the students enrolling as freshmen in Chicago's public high schools during 1978, 1979, and 1980 made up the sample for a study of the student characteristics that affected dropout rates. The characteristics assessed were reading achievement (as indicated by eighth-grade standardized test scores), age at enrollment in high…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Dropout Rate, Grade Repetition, Predictor Variables
