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Weiss, Michael J.; Headlam, Camielle – Grantee Submission, 2019
Community colleges are a large sector of postsecondary education. In 2016-2017, the United States had nearly 1,000 public 2-year postsecondary institutions (community colleges), serving almost nine million students, representing 39% of all undergraduates. The majority of entering community college students require developmental (or remedial) math.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
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Borman, Geoffrey D.; Borman, Trisha H.; Park, So Jung; Houghton, Scott – American Educational Research Journal, 2020
We present findings from a randomized controlled trial of "Descubriendo la Lectura" (DLL), an intervention designed to improve the literacy skills of Spanish-speaking first graders, who are struggling with reading. DLL offers one-on-one native language literacy instruction for 12 to 20 weeks to each school's lowest performing…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Literacy, Literacy Education, Grade 1
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Ehri, Linnea C.; Dreyer, Lois G.; Flugman, Bert; Gross, Alan – American Educational Research Journal, 2007
The Reading Rescue tutoring intervention model was investigated with 64 low-socioeconomic status, language-minority first graders with reading difficulties. School staff provided tutoring in phonological awareness, systematic phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and reading comprehension. Tutored students made significantly greater gains reading words…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Reading Consultants