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Rachel Schechter; Laura Janakiefski – Online Submission, 2024
High-quality decodable books enhance literacy by providing children with focused practice opportunities to break down sounds they have learned and apply their decoding skills. Just Right Reader (JRR) hired LXD Research to measure its impact during a pilot study in the Spring of 2024 to determine the effect of their decodable books on literacy…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Urban Schools, Literacy, Reading Improvement
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Caleb P. Hood; Yan Yan – Texas Association for Literacy Education Yearbook, 2024
The purpose of this study was to assess preservice teachers' comfort levels and familiarity with the teaching competencies embedded in the Texas Reading Academy curriculum. Participants in this study were eight clinical teachers involved in a pilot program with the Texas Education Agency (TEA), which was evaluating the feasibility of extending…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Competencies, Reading Instruction, Content Area Reading
John Diamond; Sukanya Barman; Rebekah O’Donoghue; Erick Alonzo – MDRC, 2024
More than half of community college students nationwide intend to pursue a four-year degree; however, in Texas only one in four community college students transfer to four-year institutions successfully. Among students who do transfer to a Texas four-year institution, roughly 60 percent go on to graduate with a bachelor's degree. The result is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, Pilot Projects, Community College Students
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Katlynn Dahl-Leonard; Colby Hall; Michael P. Mesa; Tricia A. Zucker; Delanie Peacott – Grantee Submission, 2024
The purpose of this systematic observation study was to improve our understanding of small-group reading instruction for kindergarten students at risk for reading difficulties (RDs). We aimed to observe and document activity types addressed as well as instructional practices and materials employed during small-group instruction, with a particular…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Small Group Instruction, Kindergarten
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Katlynn Dahl-Leonard; Colby Hall; Michael P. Mesa; Tricia A. Zucker; Delanie Peacott – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2024
The purpose of this systematic observation study was to improve our understanding of small-group reading instruction for kindergarten students at risk for reading difficulties (RDs). We aimed to observe and document activity types addressed as well as instructional practices and materials employed during small-group instruction, with a particular…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Small Group Instruction, Kindergarten