NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Laws, Policies, & Programs
No Child Left Behind Act 20011
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 10 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
David A. Klingbeil; Ethan R. Van Norman; Peter M. Nelson; David C. Parker; Patrick Kaiser; Monica L. Vidal; Angelos Ntais; Zhuanghan Dong; Kirsten Truman – Grantee Submission, 2024
Text reading fluency (TRF) is a common reading intervention target in second and third grade. TRF requires the integration of several skills that result in several pathways to dysfluent reading. However, when applying the drill-down approach to intervention targeting, practitioners are guided to consider students' rate and accuracy when reading…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 2, Grade 3
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
The "Read Naturally"[R] program is a supplemental reading program that aims to improve reading fluency, accuracy, and comprehension of elementary and middle school students using a combination of texts, audio CDs, and computer software. The program uses one of four products that share a common fluency-building strategy: "Read…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Intervention, Elementary School Students, Beginning Reading
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Burns, Matthew K.; Kwoka, Heather; Lim, Becky; Crone, Melissa; Haegele, Katherine; Parker, David C.; Petersen, Shawna; Scholin, Sarah E. – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
The current study examined the relationship between oral reading fluency (ORF) and reading comprehension for students in second grade. A total of 84 participants were randomly assigned to one of four conditions that involved reading a grade-appropriate passage with either 0%, 10%, 20%, or 30% scrambled words and answering subsequent comprehension…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
What Works Clearinghouse, 2012
"Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies" and a similar program known as "Peer-Assisted Literacy Strategies" are peer-tutoring programs that supplement the primary reading curriculum (Fuchs, Fuchs, Kazdan, & Allen, 1999; Mathes & Babyak, 2001). This review uses the acronym "PALS" to encompass both programs and their…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Reading Instruction, Literacy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
The "Read Naturally[R]" program is a supplemental reading program that aims to improve reading fluency, accuracy, and comprehension of elementary and middle school students using a combination of texts, audio CDs, and computer software. The program uses one of four products that share a common fluency-building strategy: "Read…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Students, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Spanjers, Deanna M.; Burns, Matthew K.; Wagner, Angela R. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2008
This study examines the relationship between systematic direct observation (SDO) of time on task (TOT) and student engagement as measured by a self-report task-specific measure. The research questions guiding the study are (a) what is the relationship between SDO of TOT and a self-report measure of student effort, and (b) what is the relationship…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Observation, Time on Task, Grade 4
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
Each state and jurisdiction that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 reading assessment receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. Overall results, achievement level percentages and average score results, comparison of the average score in 2009 to other…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Gap, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
Each state and jurisdiction that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 reading assessment receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. Overall results, achievement level percentages and average score results, comparison of the average score in 2009 to other…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Gap, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Harris, W. T.; Rickoff, A. J.; Bailey, Mark – D. Appleton and Company, 1887
This textbook is a first reader that focuses on moving children from spoken to written vocabulary and recognizing sight words already familiar though sound. The combination of construction with interpretation of writing with reading leads directly to intelligent understanding and expression of thoughts on the written or printed page. Model script…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Reading Instruction, Word Recognition, Sight Vocabulary
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Silberglitt, Benjamin; Hintze, John – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2005
This study outlines a formative assessment system using a consistent set of cut scores on Curriculum-Based Measurement-Reading (CBM-R) probes and investigates four statistical methods for establishing cut scores. Cut scores were established using the Minnesota statewide achievement test in reading at grade 3 as the criterion for a successful…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Achievement Tests, Program Effectiveness