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Download full textFlaum-Horvath, Shannon; Marchand-Martella, Nancy E.; Martella, Ronald C.; Kauppi, Cassondra – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2017
This study examined the effects of the SRA FLEX Literacy (FLEX) program provided to 44 middle school students considered at risk for reading failure as compared to their peers who were not at risk in reading (N = 197) who received instruction in the Holt Elements of Literature series. Two outcome measures were used to judge the effects of the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Fluency, Oral Reading, At Risk Students
Direct linkMorrison, Jennifer R.; Ross, Steven M.; Latham, Gavin C.; Daniels, Cecelia P.; Eisinger, Jane M.; Wilson, Catherine T. – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2017
The present evaluation study sought to determine how LightSail is implemented within schools in three public school districts, Evergreen Public Schools (EPS), Denver Public Schools (DPS), and Oakland Unified School District (OUSD). Case studies conducted in a subsample of schools within the three districts included classroom observations,…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Program Evaluation
Torgesen, 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
Asmussen, John G.; Horn, Aaron S. – Midwestern Higher Education Compact, 2014
Developmental education, also termed remedial education, refers to curricula intended to improve the academic skills and knowledge of students who are underprepared for undergraduate coursework, particularly in the areas of mathematics, reading, and writing. Many practitioners and researchers agree that developmental education should be improved,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Programs, Academic Support Services
Bette Chambers; Robert E. Slavin; Nancy A. Madden; Philip Abrami; Michele K. Logan; Richard Gifford – Elementary School Journal, 2011
This study evaluated the relative effects of Tier II computer-assisted tutoring in small groups (Team Alphie) and one-to-one tutoring provided to struggling readers in 33 high-poverty Success for All (SFA) schools. In this year-long study, struggling readers in the Team Alphie schools were tutored in groups of 6. In the control schools, students…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Difficulties, Grade 2, Tutoring
Barton, Rhonda; Stepanek, Jennifer – Principal Leadership, 2009
This article discusses a three-tiered, differentiated curriculum in a response to intervention (RTI) framework that has successfully raised achievement at all levels, but is particularly successful with ninth-grade students. Walla Walla (Washington) School District implemented the three-tiered intervention program as a series of differentiated…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Pilot Projects, Supplementary Education, Curriculum Design
Washington State Board of Education, Olympia. – 1973
Three facets of the state of Washington's Right to Read program are presented in this document. The facets include: "Guidelines for School-Based Component," which discusses goals and objectives, basic assumptions, role of the state education agency, role of the local education agency, role of the right to read consultants, role of the…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Guidelines, Program Design, Program Development
Bergeson, Terry – 2001
This bulletin outlines the reading and mathematics improvement goals for the Washington public schools. In 1998, the Washington legislature required that school districts establish 3-year reading improvement performance goals for elementary schools to be achieved at the end of the 2000-01 school year. Additional improvement goals were adopted by…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies
Washington State Commission on Student Learning, Olympia. – 1998
Considering the necessity to facilitate the optimal development of reading ability, and the cooperation of the community, family, school, student, and teacher, this paper presents Washington State's Essential Academic Learning Requirements in Reading as a way to encourage equal access to excellent reading instruction and opportunities to learn for…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10, Grade 4
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1998
Providing a focus for assessment and serving as a scaffold for documenting and reporting students' progress in reading, this framework is designed to assist teachers in planning and implementing Washington state's Essential Academic Learning Requirements in Reading. Organized by grade level (5-7), each level presents information in four sections:…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
McConnell, Beverly B. – 1985
Begun in 1980 with 358 students, the Yakima (Washington) Public Schools' Basic Education for Limited English Proficient Students (BELEPS) Program served 1,250 grade K-12 students (94% Hispanic) in 1985. Its four programs were based on the degree of the students' English proficiency, and taught (1) reading only in Spanish, (2) reading in Spanish…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Colfer, A. Michael; Colfer, Carol J. Pierce – 1979
The federal Experimental Schools (ES) project was not successful in the rural school district of Quilcene, Washington. The ES project was not helped by the pervasive and powerful social split between "public employees" and "locals." Each group had its own world-views, values, symbols, and life styles, and the school provided an…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Age Grade Placement, Age Groups, Athletics
