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Rauch, A. Lillian Inman – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This was a quasi-experimental comparison study conducted in a rural suburban school district in Texas. The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether elementary students with dyslexic tendencies, who received the Tier III, Orton-Gillingham- (O-G) based Take Flight reading intervention being piloted on two campuses, showed statistically…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Intervention, Quasiexperimental Design, Comparative Analysis
Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Amendum, Steve; Kainz, Kirsten; Ginsburg, Marnie – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
The two studies presented in this report were designed to test the effectiveness of a new diagnostic-based reading intervention for classroom teachers, called the Targeted Reading Intervention (TRI). This TRI Tier 2 intervention stressed diagnostic teaching as the key to helping struggling readers make rapid progress in reading in the regular…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Rural Schools, Intervention, Consultants
Tucker, Albert B. – 1993
The austerity of the Great Depression, the popularity of progressive education, and scholarly research in reading from 1900 to 1930 initiated five golden years (1933-1938) of reading improvement in West Texas rural schools. Financial restraints relieved the schools from close scrutiny by the state's education agency. Schools were forced to…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Reading Improvement