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Direct linkJeanne Wanzek; Elizabeth Swanson; Sharon Vaughn; Greg Roberts; Anna-Mária Fall – Exceptional Children, 2016
This study investigated the effects of Promoting Adolescent Comprehension Through Text (PACT), a content knowledge and comprehension treatment for English learner and non--English learner students with disabilities who were provided instruction in general education social studies classrooms. Eighth-grade students with disabilities in the treatment…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Social Studies
Swanson, Elizabeth; Wanzek, Jeanne; Vaughn, Sharon; Fall, Anna-Maria; Roberts, Greg; Hall, Colby; Miller, Veronica L. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2017
This study aimed to determine the efficacy of a content knowledge and reading comprehension treatment implemented by 8th-grade social studies teachers over the course of 1 school year. We randomly assigned 8th-grade students with reading difficulties to the intervention treatment condition (n = 45) or the business-as-usual comparison condition…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Comprehension, Grade 8, Social Studies
Download full textWang, Jia; Herman, Joan L.; Epstein, Scott; Leon, Seth; La Torre, Deborah; Chang, Sandy; Bozeman, Velette; Haubner, Julie – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2019
The Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) was created to support teachers in implementing college and career readiness standards in order to teach literacy skills throughout the content areas. Teachers work collaboratively with coaches to further develop their expertise and design standards-driven, literacy-rich writing assignments within their…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods
Wang, Jia; Herman, Joan L.; Epstein, Scott; Leon, Seth; La Torre, Deborah; Haubner, Julie; Bozeman, Velette – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2017
The Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) was created to support teachers in implementing college and career readiness standards in order to teach literacy skills throughout the content areas.Teachers work collaboratively with coaches to further develop their expertise and design standards-driven, literacy-rich writing assignments within their…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Content Area Reading
Fancsali, Cheri; Abe, Yasuyo; Pyatigorsky, Mikhail – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
Nationally, two-thirds of high school students are unable to read and comprehend complex academic materials, think critically about texts, and synthesize information from multiple sources, or communicate what they have learned. Without a substantial change in their academic literacy, U.S. high school students face continued academic problems in…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Literacy, Reading Achievement, Content Area Reading
Vaughn, Sharon; Roberts, Greg; Wexler, Jade; Vaughn, Michael G.; Fall, Anna-Mária; Schnakenberg, Jennifer B. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
A 2-year, randomized control trial with 9th to 10th grade students with significant reading problems was provided for 50 minutes a day in small groups. Comparison students were provided an elective class and treatment students the reading intervention. Students were identified as demonstrating reading difficulties through failure on their state…
Descriptors: High School Students, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Reading Programs
Schellinger, Adam M.; Toby, Megan; Jaciw, Andrew P.; Zacamy, Jenna – Empirical Education Inc., 2015
Empirical Education Inc. is the independent evaluator of WestEd's 2012 i3 Development grant for Internet-based Reading Apprenticeship Improving Science Education (iRAISE). This interim report provides an update on the progress of the randomized control trial (RCT) during the 2014-2015 school year. The RCT measures the impact of iRAISE on student…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Program Effectiveness, Randomized Controlled Trials, Experimental Programs
