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Apel, Kenn; Diehm, Emily – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2014
We investigated the efficacy of a morphological awareness intervention on the morphological awareness and reading skills of students from low-socioeconomic-status homes; we also examined whether the intervention was similarly effective for intervention students who differed in their initial morphological awareness abilities. The 8-week…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Emergent Literacy, Intervention, Kindergarten
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Deborah C. Simmons; Michael D. Coyne; Shanna Hagan-Burke; Oi-man Kwok; Leslie Simmons; Caitlin Johnson; Yuanyuan Zou; Aaron B. Taylor; Athena Lentini McAlenney; Maureen Ruby; Yvel C. Crevecoeur – Exceptional Children, 2011
This study compared the effects of 2 supplemental interventions on the beginning reading performance of kindergarteners identified as at risk of reading difficulty. Students (N = 206) were assigned randomly at the classroom level either to an explicit/systematic commercial program or to a school-designed practice intervention taught 30 min per day…
Descriptors: Spelling, Intervention, Beginning Reading, Effect Size
Bartik, Timothy J. – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2013
This paper uses a regression discontinuity model to examine the effects on kindergarten entrance assessments of the Kalamazoo County Ready 4s (KC Ready 4s) program, a half-day pre-K program for four-year-olds in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. The results are based on test scores and other characteristics of up to 220 children participating in KC…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Enrollment Trends, Student Characteristics