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Kehoe, Karen F.; McGinty, Anita S.; Williford, Amanda P.; Whittaker, Jessica V. – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: This study used data from a large-scale kindergarten entry assessment (KEA) to understand how well two state screening measures, administered at school entry, predicted the first-grade reading outcomes of a large sample of first-time kindergarteners (N=5,480) at high risk for future reading failure. We examined young children's…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Self Control, At Risk Students, Reading Failure
Center for Civic Innovation, 2007
Reading First, part of the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, seeks to lift reading achievement by encouraging the use of reading programs that have been scientifically proven to work. Reading First, which accounts for just 2 percent of federal education spending, is helping many districts to achieve promising results--including Richmond, Virginia,…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Educational Finance, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs