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Moylan, Laura A.; Johnson, Evelyn S.; Zheng, Yuzhu – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2022
This study describes the development of a special education teacher observation protocol detailing the elements of effective decoding instruction. The psychometric properties of the protocol were investigated through many-facet Rasch measurement (MFRM). Video observations of classroom decoding instruction from 20 special education teachers across…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Special Education Teachers, Psychometrics, Video Technology
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Johnson, Evelyn S.; Moylan, Laura A.; Crawford, Angela; Zheng, Yuzhu – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2019
In this study, we developed a Reading for Meaning special education teacher observation rubric that detailed the elements of evidence-based comprehension instruction and tested its psychometric properties using many-facet Rasch measurement. We collected video observations of classroom instruction from 10 special education teachers across 3 states…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Reading Comprehension, Special Education Teachers, Test Construction
Johnson, Evelyn S.; Moylan, Laura A.; Crawford, Angela; Zheng, Yuzhu – Grantee Submission, 2018
In this study, we developed a Reading for Meaning special education teacher observation rubric that details the elements of evidence-based comprehension instruction and tested its psychometric properties using many-faceted Rasch measurement (MFRM). Video observations of classroom instruction from 10 special education teachers across three states…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Reading Comprehension, Special Education Teachers, Test Construction
Drake, Graham; Wash, Kate – National Council on Teacher Quality, 2020
New data and analysis from the National Council on Teacher Quality finds significant progress on the science of reading instruction in teacher preparation. For the first time since NCTQ began publishing program ratings in its 2013 Teacher Prep Review, the number of programs in the nation to embrace reading science has crossed the halfway mark,…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Reading Instruction, Program Evaluation, Undergraduate Study
Scholastic Inc., 2014
In school districts across the nation, diverse student groups have been experiencing significant gains in reading performance after using READ 180. This compendium of READ 180 research contains 40 studies. The studies take place in a variety of settings in school districts across the country from 1999 to 2012. Summarized are correlational and…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
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Applegate, Anthony J.; Applegate, Mary DeKonty; McGeehan, Catherine M.; Pinto, Catherine M.; Kong, Ailing – Reading Teacher, 2009
The disparity between the results of state accountability tests in reading and the fourth-grade National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has left many educators dismayed and concerned. In this article the authors describe a comparison of assessment approaches evident in NAEP to the approaches taken in a sample of state tests. The authors…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, National Competency Tests, Literacy, Accountability