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Download full textTepper Jacob, Robin; Armstrong, Catherine; Willard, Jacklyn Altuna – MDRC, 2015
This study reports on an evaluation of the "Reading Partners" program, which uses community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring to struggling readers in underresourced elementary schools. Established in 1999 in East Menlo Park, California, the mission of "Reading Partners" is to help children become lifelong readers by…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Volunteers, Reading Difficulties, Tutoring
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Direct linkSanford, Amanda Kathleen; Park, Yonghan; Baker, Scott K. – Journal of Special Education, 2013
The reading growth of 1,422 second- and third-grade students in special education was examined in the context of schools with 1 and 3 years of experience with Oregon Reading First. Findings suggested that (a) experience with Reading First was associated with greater student reading growth regardless of special education status, (b) students in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Grade 3, Special Education
Brighton, Catherine M.; Moon, Tonya R.; Huang, Francis H. L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2015
This study of advanced readers in Reading First (RF) classrooms was part of a larger evaluation of one state's RF implementation. The study's purposes were to (a) assess the longitudinal growth of advanced primary readers as compared with their non-advanced-reading peers over a 3-year timeframe and (b) determine the degree to which RF classrooms…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Grade 1, Academically Gifted, Elementary School Students
Houston Independent School District, 2014
The State Compensatory Education (SCE) program is designed to reduce dropout rates and increase academic performance of students identified as being at-risk of dropping out of school. SCE operates as a funding source to supplement instructional services and offer academic support to students who meet the SCE at-risk criteria established by the…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, School Districts
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. Research and Policy Div. – 2001
In spring 2001, close to 500,000 Arizona students in grades 1 through 9 took the Stanford Achievement Test. This study focuses on reading in the earliest grades and mathematics in the middle grades. Arizona schools have been making progress in reading, lifting students from the lowest achievement levels to higher levels. However, 25% of students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students
Gronna, Sarah S.; And Others – 1997
Hawaii uses the eighth edition of the Stanford Achievement Test (Stanford 8) to assess academic performance of the student population in grades 3, 6, 8, and 10. Hawaii was not included in the norming for the Stanford 8, neither for the national nor the Pacific norms. In this study, Hawaii norms were developed based on the Stanford 8 reading and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
