Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
Author
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 4 |
| Junior High Schools | 4 |
| Middle Schools | 4 |
| Secondary Education | 4 |
| Grade 8 | 3 |
| Early Childhood Education | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Grade 3 | 1 |
| Grade 6 | 1 |
| Grade 7 | 1 |
| Intermediate Grades | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
Location
| New York | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Woodcock Johnson Tests of… | 2 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Does not meet standards | 1 |
Peer reviewed
Direct linkWilliamson, Gary L.; Fitzgerald, Jill; Stenner, Jackson A. – Elementary School Journal, 2014
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) establish a challenging text-complexity standard for all high school graduates to read at college and workplace text-complexity levels. We argue that implementation of the CCSS standard requires concurrent examination of historical student reading-growth trends. An example of a historical student average…
Descriptors: State Standards, Reading Improvement, Reading Ability, Difficulty Level
Jones-Carey, Margaret H. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study analyzed the impact of classroom based reading instruction ("direct instruction") on the standardized test scores of 6th grade students as measured by the New York State English Language Arts assessment (NYS ELA). It was hypothesized that the implementation of direct instruction in reading in grade 6 would improve NYS ELA…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Reading Instruction, English, Language Arts
O'Connor, Rollanda E.; Beach, Kristen D.; Sanchez, Victoria M.; Bocian, Kathleen M.; Flynn, Lindsay J. – Exceptional Children, 2015
We tested the effects of teaching reading skills through U.S. history content for 38 eighth-grade poor readers whose reading ability ranged from second-to fourth-grade levels. Half of the students received special education services, and half of the students were English language learners. Students were taught to decode multisyllabic words, learn…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Middle School Students, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement
Download full textO'Connor, Rollanda E.; Beach, Kristen D.; Sanchez, Victoria; Bocian, Kathleen M.; Flynn, Lindsay – Grantee Submission, 2015
We tested the effects of teaching reading skills through U.S. History content for 38 eighth-grade poor readers whose reading ability ranged from 2nd to 4th grade levels. Half of the students received special education services and half of the students were English Language Learners. Students were taught to decode multisyllabic words, learn…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Grade 8, Middle School Students, Reading Difficulties
