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Carla Paredes; Adrienne Barnes-Story; Stephanie Zuilkowski; Bodunrin Akinrinmade – Global Education Review, 2023
In this study, we examine the association between attending a Non-Formal Learning Center (NLFC) in Sokoto and Bauchi states for at least nine months and reading outcomes for out-of-school children (OOSC) who are mainstreamed into formal schooling by grade 4 (P4). We use Hierarchical Linear Modeling with data from 1,116 pupil Early Grade Reading…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Reading Ability
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Young, Chase; Durham, Patricia; Rasinski, Timothy Victor; Godwin, Amber; Miller, Melinda – Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This sequential explanatory analysis reports on the observed differences in growth on decoding, word knowledge, and reading comprehension between second grade males and females after participating in a readers theater treatment or business as usual instruction. The quantitative results revealed that males made greater gains than females in the…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Achievement Gap, Reading Achievement, Theater Arts
Hock, Michael F.; Brasseur-Hock, Irma F.; Hock, Alyson J.; Duvel, Brenda – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
Reading achievement scores for adolescents with disabilities are markedly lower than the scores of adolescents without disabilities. For example, 62% of students with disabilities read "below" the basic level on the NAEP Reading assessment, compared to 19% of their nondisabled peers. This achievement gap has been a continuing challenge…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Middle School Students, Learning Disabilities