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Raising Literacy Achievement in Reading: How Principals of 10- to 12-Year-Old Students Are Making This Happen
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Fletcher, Jo; Greenwood, Janinka; Grimley, Michael; Parkhill, Faye – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2011
Many studies show that school leadership is a key factor in supporting change within schools, but few have specifically considered the impact leadership has on gains in students' reading outcomes. This article focuses on factors that typify leadership in schools where such gains have been identified and explores the nature and quality of…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Instructional Leadership
Reading and Writing Gains for Maori Students in Mainstream Schools: Effective Partnerships in the Rotorua Home and School Literacy Project.
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Glynn, Ted; Berryman, Mere; Glynn, Vin – 2000
The Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust with support from the Ministry of Education funded a home and school literacy project in nine Rotorua primary schools. The project funded each school to train a home-school liaison worker (either a school staff member or a community person) to assist schools in developing a working partnership with the students'…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Maori (People), Parent Participation
Studying Developmental Change with a Successful Intervention.
Clay, Marie M. – 1988
This paper addresses cognitive issues raised by the success of an early reading intervention program, Reading Recovery (originated in New Zealand and also used in Australia and the United States,) in which the great majority of students move from low reading achievement to average achievement for their age group within 12-15 weeks. The first…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Reading Difficulties, Reading Failure
Sensitive Observations and the Development of Literacy.
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Clark, Margaret M. – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1992
Reviews contributions made by Marie Clay to the field of reading instruction and literacy. Maintains that Clay refused to be drawn into the battle between the phonics and "whole-word" approaches to reading instruction. Discusses the current status of language instruction in Great Britain and Clay's continuing significance. (CFR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Educational History, Elementary Education
Reciprocal Teaching in a Regular Primary School Classroom.
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Kelly, Marie; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1994
Reports a study that assessed the effects of reciprocal teaching on the comprehension of poor reading comprehenders who read nonfiction material in a regular classroom. Heterogeneous reading groups from two elementary classes participated in reciprocal teaching. Data analysis showed there were significant improvements in comprehension that were…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Reading Recovery: Early Help for At-Risk Readers.
Yukis, Joseph F. – Updating School Board Policies, 1988
This newsletter describes the Reading Recovery program, developed in New Zealand to help low-achieving first-grade students "recover" 90 percent of average first-grade reading and writing skills after 12 to 18 weeks of intensive instruction. It is currently being implemented by school districts in the United States as well--statewide in…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Instruction