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Peer reviewedWiesendanger, Katherine D.; Birlem, Ellen D. – Reading Horizons, 1984
Reviews research concerning sustained silent reading and lists factors that are important in determining whether such a reading program is successful. (FL)
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Kean, Michael H. – 1981
The purpose of "What Works in Reading?" was to identify the factors that contribute most strongly to achievement growth in reading. The study, which investigated fourth graders in 25 schools, was run jointly by the Philadelphia School District and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and the respect and understanding that developed…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 4, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictor Variables
Download full textGreenwood, Charles R.; Tapia, Yolanda; Abbott, Mary; Walton, Cheryl – Journal of Special Education, 2003
A study investigated the multiyear effects of evidence-based literacy practices and a program to prevent early reading failure in one elementary school. Results indicate teachers did implement new evidence-based practices, use of these practices resulted in increases in silent reading, and growth in reading fluency was substantial overall.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Based Assessment, Early Intervention, Elementary Education
Dianda, Marcella R.; Flaherty, John F. – 1995
A study assessed the effectiveness of the Success for All Program for grade-one English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners in bilingual or ESL programs in three California elementary schools. The reading instruction program provides both native (in this case, Spanish) language support as well as English language instruction and materials. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Computer Oriented Programs
