The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to examine the relationships between kindergarten reading-readiness skills by type of preschool, type of student, and attendance. Students were divided into three categories: at-risk, general population, and special education. The attendance by years and by total hours was compared with…

In the action research project report, the teacher researchers found that many kindergarten and first-grade students did not have the reading readiness skills to be reading at their benchmark target. The purpose of the project was to improve the students overall reading ability. The dates of the project began on September 8 through December 20,…

Based on the hypothesis that teachers' naturally occurring presentations of storyreading have an effect on children's literacy learning, a study examined whether teachers can be trained to provide a structure for listening to stories and whether this type of presentation would result in significant gains in children's story understanding. Five…