"Setting the Foundation: A Report on Elementary Grades Reading in Tennessee" (ED572952) provides insight into the challenges associated with early grades reading in Tennessee, along with a set of recommendations for building more readers across the state. This appendix provides detailed information about reading programs in Tennessee…

The purpose of this project was to determine the relationship supplemental reading services had on first and second grade students who were identified in need of intervention services. Participants were from three elementary schools. Two of the schools received funding through Title I. The third school's supplemental reading services were funded…

AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 18 FIRST-GRADE TEACHERS FROM FIVE SCHOOLS WAS RELEASED 1/2 DAY TWICE EACH MONTH FOR A SERIES OF DISCUSSION MEETINGS WITH THE READING CONSULTANT. A CONTROL GROUP OF 17 FIRST-GRADE TEACHERS FROM THE OTHER FIVE SCHOOLS IN THE SAME DISTRICT WAS EXPOSED TO THE TYPICAL CONSULTANT SITUATION -- HELP GIVEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE…

A questionnaire survey of reading instruction status in six New England states was part of the New England Educational Assessment Project, representing a joint effort of the six New England State Departments of Education. Questionnaires were mailed to all reading consultants; elementary principals; and kindergarten, first-, and fourth-grade…

This report summarizes the evaluation of AISD's Literacy Support Plan for a comprehensive reading intervention initiative for kindergarten through grade 3 students during the 1999-2000 school year.