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Christopher C. Harry – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study examined the effect of small class size intervention on student outcomes using reading achievement scores as measured by the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS), a standardized, norm-referenced test, while controlling for independent variables inclusive of students' gender, race, socioeconomic status (SES), and environment. This…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Public Schools, Class Size, Scores
Cathy Sivy Egnor – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Reading consists of many interconnected skills. Research recommends that beginning readers focus on a set of basic skills, specifically referred to as the "foundational skills" (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices [NGACBP], Council of Chief State School Officers [CCSSO], 2010). Essential to forming the base for…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Grade 1, Elementary School Teachers, Reading Skills
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Inan, Mehmet; Ozden, Bülent; Dervent, Fatih; Küçüktepe, Coskun – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of the games in the "I am Playing Games" (IPG) compilation booklet that was used in the Games and Physical Activity (GPA) curriculum. 257 games in IPG compilation booklet were coded whether they had elements that would enable development of common basic skills or not. Common basic…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Games, Physical Activities, Play
Sáez, Leilani; Irvin, P. Shawn; Alonzo, Julie; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2012
In 2006, the easyCBM reading assessment system was developed to support the progress monitoring of phoneme segmenting, letter names and sounds recognition, word reading, passage reading fluency, and comprehension skill development in elementary schools. More recently, the Common Core Standards in English Language Arts have been introduced as a…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Alignment (Education), Academic Standards, State Standards
Petropoulos, Constance – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Studies by Moats (1995), Mather, Bos, and Babur (2001), and McCutchen, et al (2002) have begun to identify the relationship between teachers' linguistic knowledge and what is known, scientifically, about how literacy is acquired by learners. Findings from these studies support the idea that linguistic knowledge--particularly knowledge of…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 1, Teacher Education
Kosanovich, Marcia; Verhagen, Connie – Center on Instruction, 2012
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) initiative is a state-led effort that establishes a set of clear educational standards for English language arts and mathematics that states can voluntarily adopt. The standards have been informed by the best available evidence and the highest standards across the country and the world. They have been…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Reading Skills, Basic Skills