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Deussen, Theresa; Coskie, Tracy; Robinson, LeAnne; Autio, Elizabeth – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2007
One of the largest initiatives using coaching has been Reading First, a federal project whose purpose is to improve reading outcomes for students in low-performing K-3 schools. The present study addressed two questions: (1) Who becomes a reading coach, and what background, skills, and qualifications do coaches bring to their jobs? and (2) How do…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Achievement, Teacher Improvement, Faculty Development
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Boulineau, Tori; Fore, Cecil, III; Hagan-Burke, Shanna; Burke, Mack D. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2004
This study examined the use of story-mapping to improve the reading comprehension of six third- and fourth-grade students with specific learning disabilities who exhibited reading deficits. Also of interest was whether the effects would maintain once the intervention was discontinued. Using a descriptive, three-phased, single-subject design, the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Identification, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement