Many parents, educators, and policy makers see great potential for leveraging tools like laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones in the classrooms of the world. Although increasing students' technology access may be associated with increased student achievement, there is little research directly investigating objective measures of student…

This study is a follow-up on a previous study of the effects of 2 beginning reading programs implemented in 1st grade. In the previous study, 40 1st-grade students who were matched based on their Concepts About Print Test (Clay, 1979) and Phonological Segmentation Fluency from the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS; Good…

Project LEAP is the Title I program of Medford, Massachusetts, which, in 1978-79, received State validation as an exemplary program for its grades 2-6 reading component. This report describes the project's content, results, and the State evaluation which determined it exemplary. The program includes instruction in reading and language skills that…