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Download full textGeorgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 2002
This executive summary of Georgia Reading Excellence Act Demonstration Sites (GA READS) includes the Reading Excellence overview; Georgia's plan and goals; state activities; a timeline; local activities; and a budget. The overview states that the Reading Excellence Act was authorized to carry out the following purposes: teach every child to read…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Faculty Development, Financial Support, Instructional Effectiveness
Agin, Avis P. – Elementary English, 1975
Recent research in the many aspects of reading is reviewed. (JH)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Language Experience Approach, Oral Reading, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedLabbo, Linda D.; Teale, William H. – Reading Teacher, 1990
Studies low-achieving fifth-grade readers to evaluate the feasibility of a cross-age reading program and to clarify implementation details for a large-scale project. Finds that quantitative results and qualitative data suggest that cross-age reading programs are a promising way to help poor readers to improve their reading. (MG)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cross Age Teaching, Decoding (Reading), Grade 5
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 22 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: development of a primary reading vocabulary; a strategy for teaching students how to identify main ideas and supporting details; reading readiness and reading…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Reading, Cross Age Teaching, Diagnostic Teaching
