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High-Achieving and Average Students' Reading Growth: Contrasting School and Summer Trajectories
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Rambo-Hernandez, Karen E.; McCoach, D. Betsy – Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Much is unknown about how initially high-achieving students grow academically, especially given the measurement issues inherent in assessing growth for the highest performing students. This study compared initially high-achieving and average students' growth in reading (in a cohort of third-grade students from 2,000 schools) over 3 years.…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement, High Achievement, Longitudinal Studies
Improving Reading to Improve Math
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Glenberg, Arthur; Willford, Jonathan; Gibson, Bryan; Goldberg, Andrew; Zhu, Xiaojin – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2012
Reading provides information across the curriculum. Thus, to the extent that fundamental (i.e., generalizable) reading comprehension strategies can be taught, the benefits should be found in multiple domains. To test this claim, children in the third and fourth grades read by simulating text content using the two-part, embodied "Moved by Reading"…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies
The Impact of the Brazosport Model on English Language Learners' Reading Achievement in Grades 3-5
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Garcia, Debra Ann N. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The general purpose of this study was to determine if the implementation of the Brazosport Model improves student reading achievement as determined by Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS). In particular, this study examined the implementation of the Brazosport Model and its effect on the achievement of English Language Learners (ELLs)…
Descriptors: Models, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, English Language Learners
Response to Intervention: An Examination of the Impact of the Model in Increasing the Reading Fluency Levels for Third and Fourth Grade At-Risk Learners
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Haughton-Williams, Judith – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Since the inception of the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1975, an increasing percentage of children between the ages of 3-21 have been identified as students with learning disabilities (LD). Reports from the National Center of Learning Disabilities (2000) have suggested that monitoring of student learning is frequently…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Fluency, Learning Disabilities, Program Effectiveness
The Ecology of Early Reading Development for Children in Poverty
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Kainz, Kirsten; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne – Elementary School Journal, 2007
In this study we investigated reading development from kindergarten to third grade for 1,913 economically disadvantaged children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort. Characteristics of the child, the family, classroom instruction, and school composition were used to model influences from multiple levels of children's…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Early Reading, Family Characteristics, Ecology
Effects of a Three-Tier Strategic Model of Intensifying Instruction Using a Research-Based Core Reading Program in Grades K-3
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Marchand-Martella, Nancy E.; Martella, Ronald C.; Kolts, Russell L.; Mitchell, Diane; Mitchell, Christopher – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2006
We examined the effects of a three-tier strategic model of intensifying instruction using "Reading Mastery Plus" in grades K-3 at a Title I school. Teachers received training and coaching before and during the program evaluation. They were assessed on their satisfaction with the program as well. The "Diagnostic Indicators of Basic…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Emergent Literacy, Diagnostic Tests, Program Evaluation