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Download full textSERVE: SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education. – 1998
Describing the SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE) program and its mission to promote and support the continual improvement of educational opportunities for all learners in the Southeast, this paper discusses ways that teachers can decipher their students' progress in reading to help further develop students' reading skills. It is…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs
Thompson, Margery – Executive Educator, 1985
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), Incorporated, has distributed over 57 million books in its 18 years. RIF programs have raised children's interest in reading and their levels of reading achievement, and have increased library use and parent involvement. The national RIF organization offers several forms of support for local programs. (PGD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, National Programs, Reading Habits, Reading Improvement
Gibbs, Vanita M., Comp.; Waterman, David C., Comp. – 1985
Intended for reading teachers, this pamphlet contains the presentations of the 14th annual reading conference at Indiana State University, beginning with opening remarks by David C. Waterman and welcoming comments by J. Stephen Hazlett. In the opening address, "What Good is Comprehension without Composition?" by Sharon and David Moore, the role of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Oral Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
North Central Regional Educational Lab., Naperville, IL. – 2002
After an 3-year period of debate and consideration, Congress has reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Signed into law by President Bush in January 2001, the "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) Act of 2001 will bring many significant changes to schools nationwide. The purpose of this brochure is to help educators in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Sparber, Ilona – Australian Journal of Reading, 1981
Evaluates the characteristics common to most reading programs and offers suggestions for keeping a program a learning rather than a testing situation. (HTH)
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Chicago Board of Education, IL. – 1987
This handbook describes the procedures for implementing the Comprehensive Reading Program of the Chicago Public Schools, a reading program for all students in kindergarten through grade 8 which is consistent with the goals established by the Illinois State Board of Education. Intended as a guide for staff and as an aid in staff development…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Program Guides, Program Implementation, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedGoldsmith, Josephine Spivack – History Teacher, 1979
Describes a team effort by an historian and a college reading specialist in which volunteer undergraduate students participated in hopes of improving their history papers. Weekly sessions involved summarizing history assignments. Results indicate the importance of both reading levels and reading styles. (KC)
Descriptors: Higher Education, History Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Hatcher, Peter – 1994
Reflecting the large amount of evidence linking children's progress in learning to read to their phonological awareness, this manual presents a program of phonological and phonological linkage activities, a set of reproducible record sheets, and 54 picture sheets used in the program. After an introduction and guide to the program, the manual…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Phonemes, Phonology
Goldberg, Linda Zionts – Today's Education, 1978
An innovative program to improve reading skills is described in this article. (JD)
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Motivation Techniques
Carter, Vivian – Illinois Libraries, 1988
Reports on a study of the effects of participation in public library summer reading programs on children's reading skills. Results on a standardized test administered to 279 students in grades 1-5 in May and September are analyzed and compared for participants and nonparticipants in the summer reading program. (MES)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Elementary School Students, Pretests Posttests, Public Libraries
Stenner, A. Jackson – 1999
The Lexile Framework provides teachers with tools to help them link the results of reading assessment with subsequent instruction, focuses on appropriate-level curriculum for readers at all educational levels, and is designed to be flexible enough to use alongside any type of reading program. Suggested areas for application of this system include:…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability Formulas, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Fluency
Sparber, Ilona – Australian Journal of Reading, 1979
Describes the Neurological Impress Method (NIM) of developing reading fluency, the uses of NIM with readers aged 3 to 30, and methods of adapting NIM to the general classroom situation. (AEA)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Difficulty, Reading Improvement
Charp, Sylvia – Technological Horizons in Education, 1989
Described are impressions of the Writing to Read program. The program is described and the apparent advantages are stated. General observations include teacher and student impressions of the program. (CW)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Program Descriptions
Horn, Thomas D.; And Others – Instructor, 1976
Articles focused on speech prejudice and how to overcome it, a reading program that stressed student interests, a learning experience in which elementary students designed a small zoo, and suggestions for developing nonverbal communication between students and their teachers. (RK)
Descriptors: Bias, Body Language, Dialects, Reading Improvement
1996
This software product presents multi-level stories to capture the interest of children in grades two through five, while teaching them crucial reading comprehension skills. With stories touching on everything from superstars to sports facts, the open-ended reading comprehension program is versatile and easy to use for educators and children alike.…
Descriptors: Athletics, Electronic Text, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction
