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Ha Van Le – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2024
In the dynamic academic landscape of the 21st century, the imperative to equip engineering students with robust critical reading skills, in tandem with their technical expertise, has come to the forefront. Recognizing the intrinsic value of critical thinking and reading in cultivating an ethos of lifelong learning among future engineers, this…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Engineering Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Scores
Dunson, Walter E. – Prufrock Press Inc, 2012
"School Success for Kids With Dyslexia and Other Reading Difficulties" provides parents and teachers with goals that will meet the needs of students who are struggling with reading, leading them to work through their difficulties and enjoy reading. It includes information, assessments, and techniques that parents, teachers, and school…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Dyslexia, Reading Difficulties
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Bianco, Sharon Davis – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2010
As teachers, administrators, and members of intervention teams use student performance data to inform instructional decisions and monitor implementation of tiered instruction in a Response to Intervention (RTI) model, assuring fidelity of implementation or treatment integrity continues to be a challenge. This article describes how one school…
Descriptors: Integrity, Educational Change, Response to Intervention, Instructional Design
National Assessment Governing Board, 2012
As the ongoing national indicator of what American students know and can do, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in Reading regularly collects achievement information on representative samples of students in grades 4, 8, and 12. Through The Nation's Report Card, the NAEP Reading Assessment reports how well students perform in…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, National Competency Tests, Reading Comprehension, Grade 4
Sadowski, Michael – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
Girls have been posting higher reading scores than boys for decades, but other trends suggest they may also have surpassed boys in overall academic performance. Girls have higher high school grade-point averages, are more widely represented as school valedictorians, and attend and graduate from college in greater numbers than boys. All this has…
Descriptors: Family Income, Females, International Studies, Reading Tests
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 2001
This publication contains released test items for grade 4 reading from the 2001 Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL). It is designed to assist teachers and administrators in the analysis of specific test items in order to identify patterns, trends, weaknesses, and strengths of student performance on the Essential Academic Learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Guides, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 2001
This publication contains released test items for grade 10 reading from the 2001 Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL). It is designed to assist teachers and administrators in the analysis of specific test items in order to identify patterns, trends, weaknesses, and strengths of student performance on the Essential Academic Learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Guides, Grade 10, High Schools
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 2001
This publication contains released test items for grade 7 reading from the 2001 Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL). It is designed to assist teachers and administrators in the analysis of specific test items in order to identify patterns, trends, weaknesses, and strengths of student performance on the Essential Academic Learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Guides, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
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Abu-Rabia, Salim – Educational Psychology, 2004
This study investigated the relationship between foreign language (FL) anxiety and achievement in that language. The role of the FL teacher as perceived by the learners was also tested. Participants were 67 seventh-grade students. They were administered an anxiety questionnaire, a Hebrew reading comprehension test, an English reading comprehension…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Teacher Role
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1995
This manual contains directions for the teacher and oral directions to be read to students taking the practice tests of the Ohio Proficiency Tests for grade 6. Directions are ordered in the sequence of the sections in the Practice Test booklet (writing, reading, mathematics, citizenship, and science), and they are similar, but not identical, to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Citizenship, Elementary School Students
White, Rebecca Leigh, Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2004
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Libraries, Educational Indicators, Public Education
Illinois State Board of Education, 2004
This handbook contains information for high school educators--teachers, curriculum coordinators, counselors, and principals--as they prepare students to take the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE). The first section explains the purpose of the PSAE, gives timelines and test-day schedules, and shows how the PSAE is constructed. The rest…
Descriptors: Test Items, Writing Tests, Standard Setting, Grade 11