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Direct linkSchoenbach, Ruth; Greenleaf, Cynthia – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
Two-thirds of U.S. high school students today are unable to read and comprehend complex academic materials, think critically about texts, synthesize information from multiple sources, or effectively communicate what they have learned. And in response, many teachers simply stop assigning challenging texts, opting instead to "deliver…
Descriptors: Literacy, Content Area Reading, High School Students, Reading Programs
Download full textScholastic 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
Peer reviewedTucker, Jessica Fink – Knowledge Quest, 2014
Proud Readers Own What's Learned (PROWL) was developed out of the need to find an engaging, creative process for readers to express what they have read and, frankly, to let teachers see that the students actually read the books. In other more prescriptive reading programs students can go through the motions and actually pass tests without having…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Improvement, Library Services, Program Descriptions
Reese, Susan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2010
Adolescents entering the adult world in the 21st century will read and write more than at any other time in human history in order to perform their jobs, run their households, act as citizens, and conduct their personal lives, according to the International Reading Association, which also notes, "Adolescents need high levels of literacy to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy, Vocational Education, Academic Achievement
Adam Warren Vaughan – ProQuest LLC, 2011
There are many programs that specialize in teaching students the necessary strategies for reading. But which ones will have the greatest impact and provide lasting skills to struggling students? The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Reading Recovery early intervention program on the lowest performing first grade students…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, School Districts, Intervention, Rural Areas
Anderson, Trela; Kim, Ji Young – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2011
This article describes how Fayetteville State University's Reading Across the Curriculum (RAC) model developed for use with underprepared students can effectively improve the literacy and academic language skills of those students. The primary goals and objectives of the RAC program are to train faculty members from various disciplines to create…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Language Skills, Success, Models
Ross, Barbara – 1973
These stories formed a series in the Greensboro, North Carolina, "News-Record" describing a school system's attempts to prevent reading failure. The themes of the articles include the following: the implementation of the Right to Read program in an elementary school; a diagnostic reading center which is an alternative, a supplement, and…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Bingham, C. Steven; Neal, Elizabeth Anne; Tesh, Linda; Turner, Patsy; Millsaps, Cherise – 1998
Describing the SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE) program and its mission to promote and support the continual improvement of educational opportunities for all learners in the Southeast, this paper focuses on the importance of improving student literacy outcomes in schools due to the demands of living in a technological,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Educational Improvement, Efficiency
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Research. – 1977
The Primary Reading Program was initiated in 117 classrooms in 40 North Carolina schools, to improve the reading achievement of the primary school students. The same number of control classrooms were also selected for comparison. Features of the program included increased funding for instructional materials; use of volunteers and teacher aides for…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Instructional Improvement, Pilot Projects, Primary Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Compensatory Education. – 1974
Based on one school district's project for the the 1973-74 school term, this report covers the activities of 10 rural North Carolina schools involved in an Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, reading laboratory program during its fifth year of operation. Contents of the report include an analysis of the district's needs, a sketch of…
Descriptors: Budgets, Educational Facilities, Inservice Education, Instructional Materials
Brown, W. J., Jr.; Trivett, B. Clark – 1977
Concern over reports that North Carolina elementary school students performed below the national norms in reading achievement led to the establishment of a pilot program to improve reading skills in grades one through three. The Primary Reading Program was initiated in 117 classrooms in 40 schools throughout the state; 117 control classrooms from…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Instructional Improvement
Greensboro City Public Schools, NC. – 1977
A project designed to train paraprofessional personnel (technicians) who could materially assist elementary classroom teachers in working with atypical readers is reported in two separate sections. The first section, titled "Highlights of the Reading Teaching Technician Project," describes the background, operation, dissemination, and…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Core Curriculum, Course Descriptions, Educational Media
