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Vadasy, Patricia F.; Sanders, Elizabeth A.; Abbott, Robert D. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2008
This study examined the long-term growth of reading skills following 1 year of supplemental 1st-grade code-oriented intervention provided by paraeducators. A group of 79 1st graders with reading skills averaging in the lowest quartile received explicit alphabetic and decoding instruction and were assessed postintervention and at 1-year intervals…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervals, Reading Fluency, Early Reading
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Cassady, Jerrell C.; Smith, Lawrence L. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2005
This study examined the effects of the Waterford Early Reading Program on reading achievement gains across the first-grade year. The results of this longitudinal analysis demonstrated meaningfully greater gains on reading achievement for those with access to the Integrated learning system (ILS) (n[superscript 2] =.10). Furthermore, the positive…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Early Reading, Reading Instruction, Achievement Gains
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Ross, Steven M.; Smith, Lana J. – Elementary School Journal, 1994
Examined first-year results of the Success for All (SFA) program, designed to bring every student to grade level in reading by third grade. Found that SFA benefits were most significant at the kindergarten level; teachers were highly accepting of the program; and the program's strengths included cooperative learning, regrouping, tutoring, early…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning, Early Reading