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Direct linkThompson, Gail; Madhuri, Marga; Taylor, Deborah – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2008
Two pressing education reforms entail improving students' reading skills and improving high schools in the United States. In this article, the authors focus on both of these issues by adding the voices of students in an underperforming high school to the discussion about reading reform. We present the results of a larger study pertaining…
Descriptors: High Schools, Focus Groups, Educational Change, Reading Skills
Williams, Ashley; Bell, Sherry Mee – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2005
With the recently passed Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (2004), federal law encourages monitoring student progress and gauging responsiveness to instruction. The Test of Silent Word Reading Fluency (TOSWRF; Mather, Hammill, Allen, & Roberts, 2004) is a group-administered test that holds promise for monitoring student progress.…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Silent Reading, Reading Fluency
