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Musti, Shobana; Smith, Jesslyn M.; Begeny, John C. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2023
Text reading fluency is an important reading goal for all students. Students with a known reading disability often need systematic and evidence-based instructional supports to reach grade-level benchmarks in fluency. A recent focus on high-impact tutoring practices has given attention to the virtual or remote implementation of programs. This…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Tutorial Programs, Reading Improvement, Reading Fluency
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Begeny, John C.; Levy, Rebecca A.; Field, Stacey A. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2018
Reading fluency is necessary for reading comprehension, but approximately 40% of U.S. fourth-grade students have inadequate reading fluency skills. Because small-group (SG) instruction is often used as a first line of intervention for struggling readers, SG instruction targeting deficiencies in text reading fluency ought to be part of every…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Reading Improvement, Reading Fluency, Reading Skills
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Mitchell, Courtney; Begeny, John C. – School Psychology Review, 2014
Parent tutoring offers potential as a means for assisting the large percentage of students who need to improve their reading skills. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a reading fluency intervention program when used by parents in the home during the summer months. Specifically, this study evaluated the effects of the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement
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Begeny, John C.; Martens, Brian K. – School Psychology Review, 2006
Nearly 40% of America's fourth-grade students are below the basic level in reading. Creating opportunities for practice to build reading accuracy and speed (i.e., fluency) is an important link between word decoding and passage comprehension. The purpose of this study was to combine several empirically validated reading interventions into an…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Fluency, Standardized Tests, Reading Improvement