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Andrea Lopez Lara – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to examine if there is a significant difference in oral reading fluency and retell of third through sixth grade EL students taught using mobile devices versus no mobile devices when adjusted for pretest scores. The study examined the effect of mobile device use for ELs receiving reading intervention…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, English Language Learners, Oral Reading
Allen, Caitlan E. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Background and Objective: Research has repeatedly found that students who have not developed sufficient reading skills by the third grade have lower rates of high school graduation and post high school outcomes. A growing body of literature has examined how the use of curriculum-based measurements (CBMs) can be used to identify these struggling…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Screening Tests, Reading Skills
Carignan, Rachel B. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In the Southwest, politicians, legislature, and voters have devised and instituted a plan originally known as House Bill 2732, voted into law A.R.S.15-701ยง A (2) & (3), which declares that all third grade students, beginning in the 2013-2014 school year, must receive a score that demonstrates their competency as approaching or above their…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Grade Repetition, State Legislation, Urban Schools
Weber, Christina J. T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Reading fluency has been an area of struggle for students. Certain populations of students, such as English language learners (ELLs), have struggled even more so, affecting their overall achievement. Interventions have been implemented and studied regarding the reading fluency of ELLs, yet reading fluency has continued to be problematic in this…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Reading Fluency, Reading Achievement, Qualitative Research
Stokes, Nicole Osterman – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the present study was to examine the predictive ability of oral reading fluency (R-CBM) on a sixth grade high-stakes assessment with ELL and non-ELL students, as well as determine the average rate of growth on R-CBM and how that relates to level of English Proficiency. The participants in the current study included 350 sixth grade…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, State Standards, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning
Hineman, Patricia – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Due to the increased demands for accountability with the passage of the No Child Left Behind legislation signed in 2002 by President Bush, schools are required to use reading strategies and programs that are supported by scientific research. In Arizona state statute, ARS 15-704, the law outlines the requirements for Arizona school districts to…
Descriptors: Test Results, Phonemic Awareness, School Districts, Scores