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Kristi Marie Payne – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) reading and academic progress in the programs of Istation and Star Renaissance (Star Ren) in fourth grade special education students. Special education students in the selected school district appear to produce inconsistent…
Descriptors: Special Education, Achievement Tests, Reading Programs, Grade 4
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Van Norman, Ethan R.; Nelson, Peter M. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2021
Educators and researchers measure student improvement in words read correct per minute (WRCM) to evaluate student response to reading interventions. The utility of evaluating improvement in WRCM via curriculum-based measures to make instructional decisions is based upon the assumption that growth in WRCM is predictive of performance on meaningful…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Rate, Reading Improvement, Reading Tests
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Foorman, Barbara R.; Herrera, Sarah; Dombek, Jennifer L.; Wood, Carla; Gaughn, Linda; Dougherty-Underwood, Lynn – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2021
District leaders in a large urban school district in central Florida wanted to examine the efficacy of a new curriculum designed to enhance the word knowledge of grade 5 students so as to improve reading achievement. The new curriculum, called Word Knowledge Instruction (WKI), consists of 15-minute lessons 4 days a week for 20 weeks. The lessons…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Urban Schools, Outcomes of Education
Torgesen, Joseph K.; Houston, Debra D.; Rissman, Lila M.; Decker, Susan M.; Roberts, Greg; Vaughn, Sharon; Wexler, Jade; Francis, David J.; Rivera, Mabel O.; Lesaux, Nonie – Center on Instruction, 2017
This document was prepared to assist literacy specialists in the national Regional Comprehensive Center network as they work with states to improve educational policy and practice in the area of adolescent literacy. It comprises three major parts: Part One: "Improving academic literacy instruction for students in grades 4-12." Based on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy Education, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing