This article examines universal screening, one component in a response to intervention approach for serving struggling learners. In a response to intervention framework, screening is the principal means for identifying early those students at risk of failure and likely to require supplemental instruction; as such, it represents a critical juncture…

This year-long study was conducted to investigate effects of various teacher accountability factors on reading achievement of first-grade pupils. Each of fifteen schools was assigned through randomized blocking procedures (blocking factors were reading achievement and percentage of minority students) to one of four levels of accountability.…

The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility that student achievement in reading is, in part, a function of the interaction between a student's level of tension and his learning environment. Possible relationships between absence and achievement, absence and group assignment, and absence and level of tension were also investigated. The…

Reviews the procedures and outcomes of ten different peer tutoring projects. The evidence reviewed suggests that peer tutored paired reading accelerates children's reading progress, with peer tutors gaining more than the children who receive tutoring. (Author/JDH)

Average and backward readers from Grades 2, 4, and 6 were examined for their performance on five cognitive tasks, three of which measured memory span. Results were consistent with a developmental trend and increment with reading competence. No differences were obtained between matched groups, which supported a developmental interpretation.…

Concludes that there is a relationship between auditory closure and reading and that the relationship is educationally significant. (FL)

Shows that of self-concept, birth order, intelligence, sex, position in family, family size, age, and socioeconomic status, only intelligence was significantly related to reading achievement. (FL)

Interviews Dr. Barbara Kapinus who will serve as Project Coordinator for the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Reading Consensus Development Project. (MG)

Investigates the validity of the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) cross battery approach using elementary schools children (N=166) who were administered the Wechsler Scale Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery-Revised. Results suggest that a Wechsler-based CHC cross-battery approach is an effective…

An observational study of reading instruction was conducted in general education, resource, and self-contained classrooms, grades 1-4, in public schools. Participants included students who were deaf or hard of hearing and their reading teachers. Results indicated that time engaged in reading and/or academically responding varied significantly by…

The effect of the Feingold diet (elimination of artificial colors, flavors, or foods with natural salicylates to reduce hyperactivity) on the reading achievement scores, behavior, and impulsivity/reflectivity of 13 children (ages 6 to 12 years) was evaluated. Six months after the experimental group adopted the Feingold diet there were no…

TWENTY-SEVEN STUDIES ON INTERCLASS GROUPING AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL ARE SUMMARIZED. IT IS POINTED OUT THAT THE SUMMARY IS NEITHER EXHAUSTIVE NOR DELIBERATELY SLANTED. STUDIES POORLY DONE IN TERMS OF SAMPLE OR TREATMENT WERE NOT INCLUDED. THE STUDIES ARE GROUPED ACCORDING TO TWO QUESTIONS--(1) IS ACHIEVEMENT INCREASED BY GROUPING AND (2) ARE…

Describes a specially designed measure of attitude toward reading and reports on the relationship between attitude toward reading, participation in compensatory reading programs, and reading achievement. (JM)

Across the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory's five-state region, state departments of education and state legislators are working to strengthen reading programs, raise student reading achievement, and help struggling readers. People now realize that reading proficiency is the key to high student achievement. This report summarizes the…

Analyzes the social and cognitive rigidity of teachers in grades 3 through 6 compared to the reading achievement of 159 of their students, and reports a significant correlation between low teacher cognitive rigidity and high student reading achievement gains but no significant relationship between social rigidity or combined social and cognitive…