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Two for One: Using QAR to Increase Reading Comprehension and Improve Test Scores
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Green, Susan – Reading Teacher, 2016
This teaching tip describes an intervention used in a third-grade classroom implemented to help students pass an end-of-grade reading comprehension test. Low scores on a practice end-of-grade comprehension test prompted a re-examination of classroom reading instruction and a plan for intervention. This teaching tip describes the phases implemented…
Descriptors: Scores, Achievement Gains, Reading Comprehension, Student Improvement
"I Skim and Find the Answers": Addressing Search-and-Destroy in Reading
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Huddleston, Andrew P.; Lowe, Tara N. – Reading Teacher, 2014
The authors present findings from a data-driven account in which they followed ten fifth-grade students receiving intervention in reading through Georgia's test-based grade retention policy. Under the policy, the students had little confidence in themselves as readers and felt that reading test passages was unnecessary and difficult. Consequently,…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Learner Engagement
Assessing Young Children's Literacy Development.
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Teale, William H.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1987
Points out that sound assessment programs should (1) be a part of instruction, (2) use varied methods and instruments, (3) focus on a broad range of skills and knowledge, (4) occur continuously, (5) occur in a variety of contexts, and (6) be appropriate for age and level of development. Offers examples of practices based on these points. (FL)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods, Language Acquisition