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Mary Styers; Ashley Hunt – Online Submission, 2023
Reading Horizons partnered with LearnPlatform by Instructure to investigate the relationship between teacher implementation of Reading Horizons Discovery (RHD) and student literacy outcomes. The study involved 83 educators and 1,242 students across seven elementary schools in North Carolina during the 2022-23 school year. Researchers used mCLASS…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Elementary School Students, Faculty Development, Program Descriptions
Schechter, Rachel L.; Lynch, Alicia D. – Online Submission, 2023
LXD Research analyzed data from 945 students in kindergarten who were Below or Well Below Benchmark at the beginning of the year and participated in using the Phonological Awareness (PA) Lessons Deluxe Package as an intervention in CA in Fall 2021. The product is a Tier 2 or Tier 3 intervention for grades K-2 that includes lessons and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Phonological Awareness, Learning Experience, Educational Legislation
Haya Shamir; David Pocklington; Erik Yoder; Kathryn Feehan – Online Submission, 2019
New technologies have had a large and transformative impact on education. This study explored the benefits of a comprehensive, computer-adaptive reading program for the literacy skills of young learners. Second grade students enrolled in a public school district used a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) program and were evaluated at the beginning…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Literacy Education, Fidelity
McLeskey, James; Waldron, Nancy L. – Online Submission, 2011
Issues related to full-time inclusive programs have been particularly controversial for elementary students with learning disabilities. The nature of this controversy has changed substantially over the last decade, given the emphasis on high stakes accountability for all students in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and IDEA 2004. In spite of…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Inclusion, Federal Legislation, Learning Disabilities
Carlisle, Joanne F.; Kelcey, Ben; Rowan, Brian; Phelps, Geoffrey – Online Submission, 2011
This study developed a new survey of teachers' knowledge about early reading and examined the effects of teachers' knowledge on students' reading achievement in Grades 1 to 3 in a large sample of Michigan schools. Using statistical models that controlled for teachers' personal and professional characteristics, students' prior reading achievement,…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Teaching Methods, Statistical Analysis, Reading Comprehension
Jarrett, Christy; Evans, Cay; Dai, Yong; Williams, Debbie; Rogers, Keitha – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine whether there was a significant increase in the reading achievement during second- and third-grade of the 12 students who attended Midway Elementary Professional Development School (PDS) from kindergarten through fifth grade. Additionally, the study was seeking a possible relationship between the in-service…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Professional Development Schools, Reading Achievement, Pretests Posttests
Chang, Sau Hou – Online Submission, 2010
The present study investigated the reading attitude of struggling elementary students at risk for reading failure. Twenty-nine first-grade and 32 second-grade struggling readers were given the Elementary Reading Attitude Survey (McKenna & Kear, 1990). First-grade struggling readers favored more academic reading activities while second-grade…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Reading Difficulties, Elementary School Students, At Risk Students
Trainin, Guy; Yagil, Oren; Murphy, Malinda – Online Submission, 2006
This report outlines the results of a two year implementation of the Nebraska's Reading First initiative. Over three thousand six hundred students from Kindergarten to Third grade were included in the project. Results indicated significant growth across all demographic groups. Student performance in the earlier grades has shown great promise for…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Primary Education