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Van Norman, Ethan R.; Nelson, Peter M.; Klingbeil, David A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
A fundamental assumption of multi-tiered systems of support is the bidirectional movement of students between tiers. In comparison to research on when to intensify instruction, less attention has been paid to the validity of decisions to exit students from supplemental supports. We used data from 554 third-grade students who met the criteria to be…
Descriptors: Intervention, Comparative Analysis, Reading Instruction, Decision Making
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Saqui, Sonja; Mercer, Sterett H.; Cheng, Michèle P. – Psychology in the Schools, 2019
The current study explored whether a reading intervention combining flexibly applied multisyllabic word-decoding strategies with evidence-based fluency strategies was effective in improving the science text reading skills of upper-elementary struggling readers. Four students, three in fourth and one in fifth grade, participated in the study. A…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Elementary School Science, Science Curriculum, Reading Instruction
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Jenkins, Lyndsay N.; Demaray, Michelle Kilpatrick – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
The current study examined the link between academic enablers and different types of reading achievement measures. Academic enablers are skills and behaviors that support, or enable, students to perform well academically, such as engagement, interpersonal skills, motivation, and study skills. The sample in this study consisted of 61 third-,…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Outcomes of Education, Achievement Need
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Sandberg Patton, Karen L.; Reschly, Amy L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
Summer loss of reading is a potential factor in maintaining, and potentially widening, the achievement gap. This study used curriculum-based measurement of reading (R-CBM) to investigate the effect of the summer on reading. For this study, 317 students in Grades 2 to 5 were assessed in the spring and fall using Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Grade 3
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Lakin, Joni M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2012
Verbal and quantitative reasoning tests provide valuable information about cognitive abilities that are important to academic success. Information about these abilities may be particularly valuable to teachers of students who are English-language learners (ELL), because leveraging reasoning skills to support comprehension is a critical aptitude…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Cognitive Ability, Culture Fair Tests, Test Validity