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Cathy Sivy Egnor – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Reading consists of many interconnected skills. Research recommends that beginning readers focus on a set of basic skills, specifically referred to as the "foundational skills" (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices [NGACBP], Council of Chief State School Officers [CCSSO], 2010). Essential to forming the base for…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Grade 1, Elementary School Teachers, Reading Skills
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Dombek, Jennifer L.; Lee, Laurie; Foorman, Barbara; Underwood, Phyllis – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2021
This tool is designed to assist college instructors in building pre-service teachers' knowledge of evidence-based strategies for helping students in kindergarten through grade 3 acquire the language and literacy skills to succeed academically. This tool is intended for use in conjunction with the "Foundational Skills to Support Reading for…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Evidence Based Practice, Primary Education, Cooperative Learning
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Brouillette, Liane – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2022
This article examines the goal of kindergarten, along with how the youngest members of a kindergarten cohort may be disadvantaged by an over-emphasis on reading skills. Evidence is examined, showing that kindergartners benefit from learning practical, social, artistic and oral language skills. Effective ways that early elementary school teachers…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Early Childhood Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Reading Skills
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National Center for Special Education Research, 2015
The most recent scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP, 2013) indicate that the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their peers is widening and that 69% of 4th graders and 60% of 8th graders with identified disabilities score below basic levels. The Institute of Education Sciences' National Center for…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Students with Disabilities, Reading Research, Reading Difficulties
Kosanovich, Marcia; Verhagen, Connie – Center on Instruction, 2012
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) initiative is a state-led effort that establishes a set of clear educational standards for English language arts and mathematics that states can voluntarily adopt. The standards have been informed by the best available evidence and the highest standards across the country and the world. They have been…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Reading Skills, Basic Skills
Nebraska Department of Education, 2009
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) practice guide, "Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades," offers five specific recommendations to help educators identify struggling readers and implement evidence-based strategies to promote their reading achievement.…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Elementary School Students, Reading Instruction, Individualized Instruction