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Preventing Summer Reading Loss for Students in Poverty: A Comparison of Tutoring and Access to Books
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Direct linkBell, Sherry Mee; Park, Yujeong; Martin, Melissa; Smith, Jamie; McCallum, R. Steve; Smyth, Kelly; Mingo, Maya – Educational Studies, 2020
The purpose of this study was to determine if reading achievement of students from high-poverty US schools differs as a function of participation in summer tutoring versus access to books. Data from 100 at-risk youth who participated in tutoring (n = 45) or received self-selected books (n = 55) indicated significant gains for students in both…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Poverty, Books, Tutoring
Scott, Katrinda Wills; Bell, Sherry Mee; McCallum, R. Steve – Preventing School Failure, 2009
The authors investigated the relation of foreign language attitudes and perceptions to reading and spelling skills for 278 English-speaking college students enrolled in 100- and 200- level foreign language classes, using the Foreign Language Attitudes and Perceptions Survey (R. Sparks & L. Ganschow, 1993b), the Test of Dyslexia-Rapid…
Descriptors: College Students, Spelling, Silent Reading, Reading Fluency
Bell, Sherry Mee; McCallum, R. Steve; Kirk, Emily R.; Fuller, Emily J.; McCane-Bowling, Sara – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric integrity of the "Test of Silent Contextual Reading Fluency" (TOSCRF) by D. D. Hammill, J. L. Wiederholt, and E. A. Allen (2006). The TOSCRF is a recently published assessment of reading fluency for ages 7 years 0 months to 18 years 11 months that can be administered individually or in a…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Achievement, Validity, Reliability
