Reading for students beyond the primary and lower elementary grades gets relatively little attention. Despite the widespread acceptance of the importance of higher levels of literacy for students, levels that can only be achieved across the years of elementary and secondary school, most educators, researchers, and policymakers focus their…

This report summarizes the data obtained through the administration of the Observation Survey (M. Clay) as part of the K-2 Student Assessment Portfolio of the Durham Public Schools, North Carolina, during the second year of data collection. The database contained a total of 7,752 students in kindergarten through grade 2. The Observation Survey…

Frustrated by the repeated delays in the release of the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Charter School Report and knowing that the data were collected in 2003, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) decided to try to unearth the basic NAEP charter school results. Embedded in the questionnaire that was administered to schools…

This document looks at the performance of Illinois schools. The positives include: (1) more schools are meeting tough No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requirements; and (2) math scores in all grades have improved significantly over the past five years. However, there continues to be room for improvement, including: (1) improving reading at all grade…

Embedded multimedia refers to teaching methods that embed video or DVD content within teachers' lessons. The research of Mayer (2001) and others has suggested that multimedia instruction can enhance learning by using the capacity of both visual and verbal memory systems. The present study evaluated embedded multimedia in a year-long randomized…

The present research was conducted to explore, further, possible effects of sex of teacher on student reading performance. (Author)

Hemifield differences in the recognition of briefly presented words were investigated in children ranging in grade level from second grade through college. (Editor)

Gives instructions on how to improve student test taking skills, suggesting that students may fare poorly on standardized reading comprehension tests because of inadequate test taking ability. (Author/RB)

Study reports an analysis of basic assumptions underlying the Mental Grade and Years in School methods for determining reading expectancy. (Authors)

Study is concerned with the concept of teacher expectancy as it relates to first grade reading achievement when teacher perceptions of pupils have not been artificially induced. (Author/RK)

Investigates selected reading readiness tests and points out that they measure a single generalized factor of readiness. The subtest concerning alphabet letter names provides the best predictor of successful reading in the tests examined. Bibliography. (RW)

By drawing on the research of many psychologists and teachers the author sets out to define and prove that evaluative critical reading is a learned skill. Several teaching approaches to the subject are discussed. (AF)