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Rivas, Faustino – ProQuest LLC, 2017
According to the Nation's Report Card (2015), American schools are suffering a double-digit academic gap between minority and non-minority students in reading proficiency scores and graduation rates. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of mediated reading (MR) across the curriculum on the achievement of at-risk low-SES minority…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, At Risk Students, Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests
Cowles, Lesley A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The report card for the 2008-2009 school year for a northeastern US state indicated that 29% of students performed at or below basic levels on the literacy measure. Previous studies indicated that a cross-curricular instructional design that reinforced fundamental learning skill sets throughout content-area classes encouraged independent learners…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Content Area Reading, Literacy, Academic Achievement