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Adriana G. Bus; Yi Shang; Kathleen Roskos – AERA Open, 2024
The effectiveness of incorporating independent reading practice in schools has long been a subject of uncertainty. To shed light on this ongoing debate, this meta-analysis seeks to investigate the impact of in-school independent reading on three crucial measures--attitudes toward reading, word recognition, and comprehension--focusing on K-10…
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Reading Attitudes, Word Recognition, Reading Comprehension
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Erbeli, Florina; Rice, Marianne – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2022
Encouraging children to read extensively has been a widely recommended approach to developing reading. The National Reading Panel published a review study reporting inconclusive findings regarding the benefits of such an approach. In this systematic narrative synthesis review, we provided an update and an extension of the NRP's review. We examined…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Silent Reading, Independent Reading, Reading Achievement
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Wilkins, Chuck; Gersten, Russell; Decker, Lauren E.; Grunden, Leslie; Brasiel, Sarah; Brunnert, Kim; Jayanthi, Madhavi – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2012
This report presents estimates from a large-scale, multi-district RCT (randomized controlled trial) on the effectiveness of a summer reading program on improving student reading comprehension for economically disadvantaged grade 3 students reading below the 50th percentile nationally. This study focused on the summer between grades 3 and 4 for…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Independent Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement