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Download full textEducation Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1999
This paper provides an overview of Houghton Mifflin's Soar to Success, a commercially published intervention program designed to accelerate reading growth for students reading below grade level in grade 3 and above. Soar to Success uses fast-paced, structured lessons focusing on comprehension and decoding strategies, is intended for use with small…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials, Program Content
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1999
This paper provides an overview of Helping One Student To Succeed (HOSTS), a language arts program that uses one-on-one mentoring to help low-achieving students improve reading and problem-solving skills. Goals of the program include improving academic achievement in reading; building student problem-solving skills; and improving student behavior,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials, Program Content
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1999
This paper provides an overview of SuccessMaker, a computer-based reading program that uses literature-based activities to focus on comprehension, vocabulary, phonics, and writing. Intended for use with students in prekindergarten through grade 8, the curriculum challenges students to apply knowledge from literature, content-area reading and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1999
This paper provides an overview of Success For All (SFA), a reading program for children in prekindergarten through sixth grade. The program emphasizes prevention and early intervention, rather than remediation, to help children realize their potential from the start. Program components include: one-on-one tutoring, assessments conducted every 8…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1999
This paper provides an overview of the Carbo Reading Styles Program (RSP), a comprehensive reading program that applies learning styles concepts to reading. The program uses themes, activities, and literature to help improve student performance across all subject areas. Main components of RSP include: a variety of instructional strategies to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials
