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Reducing Reading Failure for Kindergarten Urban Students: A Study of Early Literacy Instruction, Treatment Quality, and Treatment Duration
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Yurick, Amanda; Cartledge, Gwendolyn; Kourea, Lefki; Keyes, Starr – Remedial and Special Education, 2012
Six instructional assistants taught the Early Reading Intervention (ERI) curriculum to 38 at-risk kindergarten students, and 32 nonrisk students served as comparisons. Student risk was determined based on performance on the "Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills" subtests of Nonsense Word Fluency, Letter Naming Fluency, and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Early Reading, Reading Failure, At Risk Students
A Preliminary Investigation of Supplemental Computer-Assisted Reading Instruction on the Oral Reading Fluency and Comprehension of First-Grade African American Urban Students
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Gibson, Lenwood; Cartledge, Gwendolyn; Keyes, Starr E. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2011
This preliminary investigation examined the effects of a computerized supplemental reading program on the oral reading fluency, reading growth rates, and comprehension of 8 African American first graders. Participants were selected for this study according to scores within risk categories on the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Reading Fluency
Effects of a Supplemental Early Reading Intervention with At-Risk Urban Learners
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Musti-Rao, Shobana; Cartledge, Gwendolyn – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2007
This study investigated the effects of a supplemental early reading intervention program on the phonemic awareness and alphabetic principle skills of students identified as at risk for reading failure. Seven kindergarten students and one first-grade student received 20 min of supplemental reading instruction 3 days a week for 16, 12, and 8 weeks.…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Early Reading, Phonemics
Improving the Reading Skills of Urban Elementary Students through Total Class Peer Tutoring
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Kourea, Lefki; Cartledge, Gwendolyn; Musti-Rao, Shobana – Remedial and Special Education, 2007
This study reports the results of a peer-mediated intervention, total class peer tutoring, on the academic performance of six urban students at risk for reading failure. A multiple baseline design across subjects was used to evaluate the effects of this intervention. The results showed that five of the six students significantly increased their…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Reading Skills
Making Home an Advantage in the Prevention of Reading Failure: Strategies for Collaborating with Parents in Urban Schools
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Musti-Rao, Shobana; Cartledge, Gwendolyn – Preventing School Failure, 2004
The article emphasizes and illustrates the importance of precise, coherent, and continuous home-school communication to facilitate parental involvement useful in promoting the educational success of children in urban schools. Two sets of parents and teachers were interviewed to obtain their perspectives on how their children were performing in…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Reading Failure, Prevention, Cooperation