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Download full textFoorman, 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
Direct linkVadasy, Patricia F.; Sanders, Elizabeth A. – Remedial and Special Education, 2008
Many students have difficulty achieving reading fluency, and nearly half of fourth graders are not fluent readers in grade-level texts. Intensive and focused reading practice is recommended to help close the gap between students with poor fluency and their average reading peers. In this study, the "Quick Reads" fluency program was used…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Reading Fluency, Word Recognition
