Representing a comprehensive description of the use of informal reading inventories (IRIs), this book is designed to provide teachers and reading specialists with practical strategies for forming diagnostic impressions that are useful for planning reading instruction. Respectively, chapters discuss (1) the purpose and nature of IRIs; (2)…

Final evaluation of a 3-year project to use microcomputers to improve the reading and language skills of Limited English Proficient (LEP) Native American students revealed that there was significant growth evidenced in over 75% of the reading subscale groupings as measured by the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (*CTBS). Subjects were 114…

To gain more information about the language awareness of young children, a study examined the relationship between 14 middle class kindergarten children's oral language and their reading achievement in third, fourth, and fifth grades. Individual children's ranks on 61 oral language features derived from a previous microethnography were compared to…

The purpose of the present study was to examine the possibility of summer regression on Chapter 1 remedial children. Students received computer-assisted instruction in mathematics and reading using programs devised by Computer Curriculum Corporation. Computer performance level data were collected in May 1984 and September 1984, and SRA scores were…

This document lists skills in the area of reading considered essential for pupils in Kentucky to progress to the next higher level of achievement. The skills are listed according to grade, and grades 1 through 12 are covered. The skills are described in terms of behavioral objectives. Students at the lower levels are expected to be able to perform…

Prescription Learning is a multimedia diagnostic prescriptive program providing individualized instruction coordinated by Prescription Learning Corporation. One high school, nine elementary schools, and four middle schools provided this supplemental reading and mathematics instruction to students covered by the provisions of Chapter 1 of the…

A survey examined the relationship between school climate and reading performance using data from the 1983-84 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Reading Assessment. The NAEP survey asked a number of questions about possible school problems, such as discipline, teacher commitment, and standards for students. These items were…

A study was conducted at Florissant Valley Community College (FVCC) to compare three standardized tests--the Iowa Silent Reading Test (ISRT), the Nelson-Denny Reading Test (NDRT), and the Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test (SDRT)--for use in assessing student reading skills. The study population of 402 students included 216 students who agreed to…

Evaluation at the end of the first year of a 3-year project to use microcomputers to improve the reading and language skills of Limited English Proficient (LEP) Native American students revealed that the major objective was not reached, but there were achievements nonetheless. Lakota (Sioux) children constitute 10% of the Rapid City, South Dakota…

A study examined the effects on comprehension of interspersing questions in text. The subjects, 103 seventh grade students in an urban school, were identified by scores on the California Achievement Test as either good or poor readers. They were then divided into four groups receiving the following treatments: passages without experimental…

This study examined the effects of the field experience for student teachers in terms of pupil outcomes. Two main questions were posed: (1) Does the reading or mathematics achievement of pupils in classrooms with a student teacher differ from the achievement of pupils in classrooms without a student teacher? and (2) Among classrooms with a student…

Bibliotherapy can change children's attitudes toward reading and can help children solve the developmental problems they face. Research suggests that there is a significant correlation between self-concept and reading achievement. The middle school teacher must be aware of the correlation and use a variety of materials and techniques to develop…

Two major groups of researchers focus on identifying schools that have been unusually effective in terms of their students' achievement: (1) "effective schools" researchers; and (2) those charged with the responsibility of identifying schools for special recognition. However, all legitimate attemps to operationalize school effectiveness…

To study the effects over time of teacher practices concerning parent involvement on student achievement test scores, longitudinal data from 293 students (in Baltimore, Maryland, Grades 3 and 5) who took the California Achievement Test in the fall and spring of the 1980-81 school year, were analyzed. The students were in the classrooms of 14…

This study investigated the effect of the integration of media projects into an existing language arts curriculum on the year-end achievement of fifth and sixth grade students at the University of Wyoming laboratory school. During their communication arts block of language arts, reading, and literature, each student completed a minimum of four…