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Text-Based Writing Assignments for College Readiness
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Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Wang, Elaine; Correnti, Richard – Reading Teacher, 2016
Research shows that cognitively demanding text-based writing assignments increase students' reading comprehension skills and analytic writing competencies. In this article, we describe the steps that upper-elementary grade teachers can take to develop cognitively demanding assignments that build these higher-level literacy skills and put students…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, College Readiness, Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension
Organizing and Evaluating Results from Multiple Reading Assessments
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Rubin, Jim – Reading Teacher, 2011
The challenges of understanding how reading abilities vary within the classroom can be daunting. This article offers techniques to organize a variety of assessment data to give teachers a clear picture of individual achievement, how students compare with one another, and how reliably various assessment instruments yield an accurate picture of…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Reading, Reading Materials
Determining, Using Expectancy Formulas
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Rodenborn, Leo V. – Reading Teacher, 1974
Compares three reading expectancy formulas used to determine a child's reading ability. (WR)
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Level
Orton Revisited
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Schweizer, Ilva T. – Reading Teacher, 1974
Discusses Samuel Orton's writings on cerebral dominance and effects of certain neurological anomalies on learning. (WR)
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Learning, Reading, Reading Ability
Reading Diagnosis--Qualitative or Quantitative?
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Goodman, Yetta M. – Reading Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Research
Australian Reading: Are Standards Declining? No.
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Dwyer, Barry; Dwyer, Janet – Reading Teacher, 1979
A reprint of chapter 28 from the authors' book, "K-6: Best Years of Their Lives?" published in 1979 by the (Australian) Primary English Teaching Association, which presents evidence that contradicts reports of a decline in Australian reading standards. (DD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Instruction