Read Two Impress Plus (R2I+) is a fluency-building routine involving students and a more experienced reader in an echo reading process using culturally and linguistically authentic texts. R2I+ was offered as a partnership-centered, culturally and linguistically affirming family engagement to improve the literacy proficiency of students, aged 7-12,…

The comparability of various assessments of literacy achievement and growth adopted for use by the Houston Independent School District (HISD) was the focus of this study. Renaissance 360 is the universal screener used by campuses throughout the district. In contrast, Benchmark Running Records (BRR) are campus-specific, and each campus is able to…

The Read to be Ready campaign emerged from the startling reality of Tennessee's reading achievement data. Only one-third of Tennessee fourth graders scored proficient in the last administration of National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) in 2015. Equally concerning, students who fell behind in the early years almost never caught up in…

The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Southeast developed a Professional Learning Community (PLC) Facilitators Guide to support educators in the implementation of recommendations from the What Works Clearinghouse's. The practice guide focuses on the foundational reading skills that enable students to read words, relate those words to their…

The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Southeast developed a Professional Learning Community (PLC) Facilitators Guide to support educators in the implementation of recommendations from the What Works Clearinghouse's. The practice guide focuses on the foundational reading skills that enable students to read words, relate those words to their…

Reading disability is the most common disability. At least one in five children has significant challenges learning to read. This study focused on the oral reading performance of 30 Year-Three students. The students were identified as less proficient readers from two randomly selected primary schools in Brunei Darussalam. The oral reading…

Suggests that elementary school students could benefit from Readers Theatre, a dramatic procedure in which the roles are read by individual performers without conventional staging. Readers Theatre is more formal than activities such as group reading or library playreading as students practice and interpret roles. Positive educational outcomes are…

The round robin reading circle is perhaps one of the most abused aspects of the total reading program. (JH)

Discusses some errors students make while reading orally which indicate reading difficulty and serve as evidence that can be used in diagnosing the reading problem. (RB)

Of 15 skills, generally considered pre-requisites for independence in recognizing and pronouncing written words, at least three skills were found to be false pre-requisites; four skills were identified as possibly necessary; and seven were associated with competency on the reading aloud task. (RB)

Concludes that a higher incidence of oral reading errors is associated with close proximity to unknown words. (RB)

Concludes that self-correction is a positive indicator that the reader is comprehending. (RB)

Describes a means of diagnozing the reading miscues of elementary level readers. (RB)

A sequel to a report of acoustic characteristics of oral reading by 36 (aged 10-12 years), children, this article describes results: of perceptual analyses of oral reading proficiency on a five-point scale; of reading error analysis; and of multiple regression analysis for testing predictability of the oral reading proficiency from the perceptual…

This textbook is the fourth reader in a series of school readers to help children acquire the art and the habit of reading well enough to give pleasure not only to themselves, but also to those who listen to them. The selections have been chosen and arranged with strict reference to the capabilities and tastes of the pupils who are to read them,…