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Neil Laminack – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Purpose: The overarching aim of this journal-ready dissertation was to investigate the degree to which differences existed in performance on the STAAR English I End-of-Course exam by student economic status, race/ethnicity, and language status. The objective of the first article was to ascertain the extent to which the economic status of boys and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, COVID-19, Pandemics, College Readiness
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Wilkins, Chuck; Rolfhus, Eric; Hartman, Jenifer; Brasiel, Sarah; Brite, Jessica; Howland, Noelle – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest (NJ1), 2012
Many students graduate from high school unprepared for the rigorous reading required in entry-level college and career work. This brief builds on a recent report (Wilkins et al. 2010) that used the Lexile measure (a method for measuring the reading difficulty of prose text and the reading capability of individuals) to estimate the proportion of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 11, Public Education, College English
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Oslund, Eric L.; Hagan-Burke, Shanna; Taylor, Aaron B.; Simmons, Deborah C.; Simmons, Leslie; Kwok, Oi-Man; Johnson, Caitlin; Coyne, Michael D. – Reading Psychology, 2012
This study examined the predictive validity of combinations of progress-monitoring measures: (a) curriculum-embedded phonemic awareness and alphabetic/decoding measures, and (b) Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS; Good & Kaminski, 2002) nonsense word fluency and phoneme segmentation fluency on reading outcomes of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Early Reading, Phonemic Awareness, Predictive Validity
WOOLMAN, LORRAINE – 1967
A PROGRAM PROVIDING SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READERS IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, IS DESCRIBED. THE ORGANIZATION AND MATERIALS FOR INSTRUCTION INCLUDE EXTENDED READINESS, BASAL INSTRUCTION, REMEDIATION IN GRADES 3, 4, 5, AND 6, AND CLINICAL INSTRUCTION. INSERVICE TRAINING, GRADING, EVALUATION AND PROBLEM AREAS ARE DISCUSSED. A SHORT…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation, Grading, Inservice Education
Reyna, Tadeo – 1980
Questionnaires were mailed to first, second, and third grade state bilingual education program teachers in five selected South Texas school districts to examine criteria used by state bilingual education program teachers to transfer limited English speaking ability (LESA) children from Spanish reading to English reading. Three-fourths of the 31…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria, Grade 1
IDRA Newsletter, 1997
This theme issue includes four articles that focus on teaching and learning strategies to benefit all students, including limited-English-proficient, minority, economically disadvantaged, and at-risk students. "Would You Read Me a Story?: In Search of Reading Strategies That Work for the Early Childhood Classroom" (Hilaria Bauer)…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Equity (Finance)