Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 3 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 5 |
Descriptor
| Oral Reading | 6 |
| Reading Skills | 6 |
| Grade 6 | 5 |
| Grade 7 | 5 |
| Reading Tests | 5 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4 |
| Grade 8 | 3 |
| Middle School Students | 3 |
| Reading Achievement | 3 |
| Reading Fluency | 3 |
| Statistical Analysis | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Annenberg Institute for… | 1 |
| Behavioral Research and… | 1 |
| Educational Researcher | 1 |
| Reading Improvement | 1 |
| Reading Psychology | 1 |
| Research in the Schools | 1 |
Author
| Alonzo, Julie | 1 |
| Cazzell, Samantha | 1 |
| Chan, Chi-Keung | 1 |
| Ciancio, Dennis | 1 |
| Conley, Elisha | 1 |
| Conley, Matt | 1 |
| Cutuli, J. J. | 1 |
| Dickens, Rachel H. | 1 |
| Domingue, Benjamin W. | 1 |
| Falk, Katherine B. | 1 |
| Forbes, Bethany E. | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 6 |
| Grade 6 | 6 |
| Grade 7 | 6 |
| Middle Schools | 6 |
| Junior High Schools | 5 |
| Secondary Education | 5 |
| Grade 8 | 4 |
| Intermediate Grades | 4 |
| Grade 3 | 3 |
| Grade 4 | 3 |
| Grade 5 | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
Location
| Minnesota | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Gray Oral Reading Test | 1 |
| Stanford Binet Intelligence… | 1 |
| Woodcock Johnson Tests of… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkDickens, Rachel H.; Meisinger, Elizabeth B. – Reading Psychology, 2017
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of reading modality (oral versus silent) and passage genre (narrative versus expository) on the reading comprehension of middle school students. A normative sample of sixth- and seventh-grade students (n = 175) read narrative and expository texts from the Qualitative Reading Inventory,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Comprehension, Oral Reading, Silent Reading
Download full textDomingue, Benjamin W.; Hough, Heather J.; Lang, David; Yeatman, Jason – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Education has faced unprecedented disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic; evidence about the subsequent effect on children is of crucial importance. We use data from an oral reading fluency (ORF) assessment--a rapid assessment taking only a few minutes that measures a fundamental reading skill--to examine COVID's effects on children's reading…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency
Forbes, Bethany E.; Skinner, Christopher H.; Maurer, Kristin; Taylor, Emily; Schall, Megan; Cazzell, Samantha; Ciancio, Dennis; Conley, Matt; Conley, Elisha – Research in the Schools, 2015
Working with middle-school students, we replicated and extended research on oral reading fluency (ORF) assessments and prompting students to read faster. Altering ORF administration procedures by instructing students to read fast caused statistically significant increases in their words correct per minute (WCPM) and errors, which was moderated by…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Middle School Students
Herbers, Janette E.; Cutuli, J. J.; Supkoff, Laura M.; Heistad, David; Chan, Chi-Keung; Hinz, Elizabeth; Masten, Ann S. – Educational Researcher, 2012
This investigation tested the importance of early academic achievement for later achievement trajectories among 18,011 students grouped by level of socioeconomic risk. Students considered to be at highest risk were those who experienced homelessness or high residential mobility (HHM). HHM students were compared with students eligible for free…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Reading Achievement, Reading Skills, Oral Reading
Hilsmier, Amanda Strong; Wehby, Joseph H.; Falk, Katherine B. – Reading Improvement, 2016
The research base on how to effectively intervene to improve the reading fluency of students with academic and behavioral disabilities at the middle school level does not provide a strong support for evidence- based practices with this age group. The purpose of this study was to extend the body of research on reading fluency interventions to…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Middle School Students, Disabilities, Evidence Based Practice
Alonzo, Julie; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2004
This technical report presents an overview of a reading assessment used by a large school district in the Pacific Northwest. It provides sufficient background information to enable those unfamiliar with the assessment to understand the various subtests that comprise it as well as its development and application in the district for making…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Educational Assessment, School Districts, Item Response Theory
