Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 3 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 15 |
Descriptor
| Reading Tests | 15 |
| Scores | 10 |
| Comparative Analysis | 7 |
| Elementary School Students | 7 |
| Gender Differences | 5 |
| Grade 4 | 5 |
| Grade 8 | 5 |
| Mathematics Tests | 5 |
| Racial Differences | 5 |
| Reading Achievement | 5 |
| Reading Comprehension | 5 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
| Cline, Frederick | 2 |
| Adler, Rachel M. | 1 |
| Attali, Yigal | 1 |
| Behrman, Edward H. | 1 |
| Bianco, Sharon Davis | 1 |
| Brooks-Bey, Michelle Rubee | 1 |
| Bruce, Kelly | 1 |
| Cook, Linda | 1 |
| Cook, Linda L. | 1 |
| Cydis, Susan | 1 |
| Eignor, Daniel | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 9 |
| Reports - Research | 8 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 4 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 4 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 15 |
| Junior High Schools | 8 |
| Middle Schools | 8 |
| Secondary Education | 8 |
| Grade 4 | 7 |
| Grade 8 | 6 |
| Grade 3 | 5 |
| Intermediate Grades | 5 |
| Grade 7 | 4 |
| Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| Grade 5 | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
| Administrators | 1 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Location
| New Jersey | 15 |
| Maryland | 2 |
| Arkansas | 1 |
| Colorado | 1 |
| District of Columbia | 1 |
| Georgia | 1 |
| Illinois | 1 |
| Indiana | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 1 |
| Mississippi | 1 |
| New Mexico | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Individuals with Disabilities… | 1 |
| No Child Left Behind Act 2001 | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| National Assessment of… | 4 |
| Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests | 2 |
| Woodcock Johnson Tests of… | 2 |
| Dynamic Indicators of Basic… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkLombardi, Daniel; Behrman, Edward H. – Reading Improvement, 2016
Balanced literacy has been proposed as a compromise or middle ground between philosophical approaches to reading instruction that stress teaching of word recognition and those that stress construction of meaning. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the READ 180 balanced literacy supplementary instruction program on…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Word Recognition, Teaching Methods, Literacy
Download full textSteedle, Jeffrey; McBride, Malena; Johnson, Marc; Keng, Leslie – Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, 2016
The first operational administration of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) took place during the 2014-2015 school year. In addition to the traditional paper-and-pencil format, the assessments were available for administration on a variety of electronic devices, including desktop computers, laptop computers,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Test Items, Scores
Ling, Guangming – International Journal of Testing, 2016
To investigate possible iPad related mode effect, we tested 403 8th graders in Indiana, Maryland, and New Jersey under three mode conditions through random assignment: a desktop computer, an iPad alone, and an iPad with an external keyboard. All students had used an iPad or computer for six months or longer. The 2-hour test included reading, math,…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Handheld Devices, Computers
Meyers, Shelly; Cydis, Susan; Haria, Priti – Reading Improvement, 2015
This study examines the value of a professional collaborative partnership between college faculty and middle school teachers in improving students' literacy skills and teachers' instructional practice. Three college faculty and two middle school teachers engaged in a collaborative effort to design and implement evidence-based strategies to promote…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Middle School Teachers, College Faculty, College School Cooperation
Lowry, Pamela E. – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2013
This paper examines current practices in implementing a Response to Intervention (RtI) in diagnosing specific learning disabilities. The use of the aptitude achievement discrepancy model, RtI model or a combination is reviewed. A survey of special education administrators in New Jersey compares methods of identification and consistency of…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Administrators
Zaromb, Franklin; Adler, Rachel M.; Bruce, Kelly; Attali, Yigal; Rock, JoAnn – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
This study investigates the benefits of no-stakes educational testing during students' summer vacation as a strategy to mitigate summer learning loss. Fifty-one students in Grades 3-8 from the Every Child Valued (ECV) and Lawrence Community Center (LCC) summer programs in Lawrenceville, NJ, took short, online assessments throughout the summer,…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Summer Programs, Grade 3, Grade 4
Cook, Linda; Eignor, Daniel; Steinberg, Jonathan; Sawaki, Yasuyo; Cline, Frederick – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of a read-aloud test change administered with the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test (GMRT) on the underlying constructs measured by the Comprehension subtest. The study evaluated the factor structures for the Level 4 Comprehension subtest given to a sample of New Jersey fourth-grade students with…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
Bianco, Sharon Davis – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2010
As teachers, administrators, and members of intervention teams use student performance data to inform instructional decisions and monitor implementation of tiered instruction in a Response to Intervention (RTI) model, assuring fidelity of implementation or treatment integrity continues to be a challenge. This article describes how one school…
Descriptors: Integrity, Educational Change, Response to Intervention, Instructional Design
National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
Each state and jurisdiction that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2011 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 2011 to other…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Gap, Comparative Analysis, Economic Status
Brooks-Bey, Michelle Rubee – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the length of years of preschool attendance on the academic achievement and retention of third and fourth grade students in high and low achieving schools. The study consisted of the analysis of secondary data, i.e., mathematics and language arts literacy scores as the measurement of academic…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Economic Status, Preschool Education, Language Arts
National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
Each state and jurisdiction that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2011 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 2011 to other…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Gap, Comparative Analysis, Economic Status
Center on Education Policy, 2009
This general achievement trends profile includes information that the Center on Education Policy (CEP) and the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) obtained from states from fall 2008 through April 2009. Included herein are: (1) Bullet points summarizing key findings about achievement trends in that state at three performance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educational Legislation
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
Laitusis, Cara Cahalan; Cook, Linda L.; Cline, Frederick; King, Teresa C.; Sabatini, John – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
This study examined the impact of a read-aloud accommodation on standardized test scores of reading comprehension at Grades 4 and 8. Under a repeated measures design, students with and without reading-based learning disabilities took both a standard administration and a read-aloud administration of a reading comprehension test. Results show that…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Oral Reading, Reading Comprehension, Grade 4
Schwanenflugel, Paula J.; Meisinger, Elizabeth B.; Wisenbaker, Joseph M.; Kuhn, Melanie R.; Strauss, Gregory P.; Morris, Robin D. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2006
The goals of this study were to (a) develop an empirically based model regarding the development of fluent and automatic reading in the early elementary school years and (b) determine whether fluent text-reading skills provided benefits for reading comprehension beyond those accounted for by fluent word decoding. First-, second-, and third-grade…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Fluency, Elementary Education, Reading Skills
