Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 5 |
Descriptor
| Reading Difficulties | 7 |
| Reading Improvement | 7 |
| State Standards | 7 |
| Intervention | 4 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4 |
| Reading Instruction | 4 |
| Reading Research | 4 |
| Academic Standards | 3 |
| Difficulty Level | 3 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 3 |
| English Language Learners | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Center on Instruction | 1 |
| Elementary School Journal | 1 |
| Exceptional Children | 1 |
| Grantee Submission | 1 |
| Reading Teacher | 1 |
| Schools: Studies in Education | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 4 |
| Grade 8 | 3 |
| Junior High Schools | 3 |
| Middle Schools | 3 |
| Secondary Education | 3 |
| Grade 3 | 2 |
| Early Childhood Education | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Grade 1 | 1 |
| Grade 10 | 1 |
| Grade 2 | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
| Administrators | 1 |
| Policymakers | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Woodcock Johnson Tests of… | 2 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Does not meet standards | 1 |
Peer reviewed
Direct linkWilliamson, Gary L.; Fitzgerald, Jill; Stenner, Jackson A. – Elementary School Journal, 2014
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) establish a challenging text-complexity standard for all high school graduates to read at college and workplace text-complexity levels. We argue that implementation of the CCSS standard requires concurrent examination of historical student reading-growth trends. An example of a historical student average…
Descriptors: State Standards, Reading Improvement, Reading Ability, Difficulty Level
Download full textTorgesen, Joseph K.; Houston, Debra D.; Rissman, Lila M.; Decker, Susan M.; Roberts, Greg; Vaughn, Sharon; Wexler, Jade; Francis, David J.; Rivera, Mabel O.; Lesaux, Nonie – Center on Instruction, 2017
This document was prepared to assist literacy specialists in the national Regional Comprehensive Center network as they work with states to improve educational policy and practice in the area of adolescent literacy. It comprises three major parts: Part One: "Improving academic literacy instruction for students in grades 4-12." Based on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy Education, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
O'Connor, Rollanda E.; Beach, Kristen D.; Sanchez, Victoria M.; Bocian, Kathleen M.; Flynn, Lindsay J. – Exceptional Children, 2015
We tested the effects of teaching reading skills through U.S. history content for 38 eighth-grade poor readers whose reading ability ranged from second-to fourth-grade levels. Half of the students received special education services, and half of the students were English language learners. Students were taught to decode multisyllabic words, learn…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Middle School Students, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement
O'Connor, Rollanda E.; Beach, Kristen D.; Sanchez, Victoria; Bocian, Kathleen M.; Flynn, Lindsay – Grantee Submission, 2015
We tested the effects of teaching reading skills through U.S. History content for 38 eighth-grade poor readers whose reading ability ranged from 2nd to 4th grade levels. Half of the students received special education services and half of the students were English Language Learners. Students were taught to decode multisyllabic words, learn…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Grade 8, Middle School Students, Reading Difficulties
Carter, Carolyn J. – Schools: Studies in Education, 2011
Charter school administrators weathered start-up woes, among them challenging students with unmet needs, verbal assaults, dwindling student enrollment, and a first-year budget deficit exceeding $200,000 to implement a reading improvement strategy that holds promise for helping at-risk students read better, a point particularly underscored…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Charter Schools, Small Schools
Picard, Sarah – Reading Teacher, 2005
This article tells the story of young second-grade teacher and her quest to help students reach the New York state standards in reading. It is the yearlong story of significant professional growth highlighted by the conversations surrounding student learning. The collaborative conversations between the teacher, her colleague, and her staff…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Reading Difficulties, State Standards, Grade 2
Burg, Leslie A.; Kaufman, Maurice – 1979
A study was conducted to determine the impact on remedial reading instruction of recent Massachusetts legislation aimed at providing diagnostic/prescriptive services to identified special needs children in the public schools. Specifically, the study concerned available programs, certification and deployment of specialized personnel, delivery of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Problems, Reading Consultants, Reading Difficulties
