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Using Kindergarten Entry Assessments to Measure Whether Philadelphia's Students Are On-Track for Reading Proficiently
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Harding, Jessica F.; Herrmann, Mariesa A.; Hanno, Elias S.; Ross, Christine – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2019
The purpose of this study was to identify an indicator that the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) could use to measure the percentage of entering kindergarteners who are on-track to read on grade level by the end of grade 3. To develop the indicator, this study examined relationships between student scores on SDP's different assessments that…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Reading Skills, Language Arts, Early Reading
Reading First, or Is It? An Examination of the Interrelationship between Reading Achievement and Behavioral Problem Trajectories across Elementary School for Children from Disadvantaged Circumstances
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Clark, Teresa Parton – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Reading is a necessary skill in our modern society and is increasingly critical for success in our highly technological society. Yet many children from low-SES backgrounds struggle to develop reading proficiency (Lee, Grigg, & Donahue, 2007) and continuing concerns about this pervasive relationship has led to an increased focus on creating…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Early Intervention, Early Reading, Reading Skills
Behavior Problems in Learning Activities and Social Interactions in Head Start Classrooms and Early Reading, Mathematics, and Approaches to Learning
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Bulotsky-Shearer, Rebecca J.; Fernandez, Veronica; Dominguez, Ximena; Rouse, Heather L. – School Psychology Review, 2011
Relations between early problem behavior in preschool classrooms and a comprehensive set of school readiness outcomes were examined for a stratified random sample (N = 256) of 4-year-old children enrolled in a large, urban school district Head Start program. A series of multilevel models examined the unique contribution of early problem behavior…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Behavior Problems, School Readiness, Early Reading
Early Schooling: The Handicap of Being Poor and Male
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Entwisle, Doris R.; Alexander, Karl L.; Olson, Linda S. – Sociology of Education, 2007
In trying to understand the origin of gender differences favoring girls in reading skills, analysts have examined mainly the performance of students who are in the same grade, with samples pooled across socioeconomic status (SES). Using a longitudinal sample in Baltimore, where all students in a randomly selected panel are the same age and are…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Early Reading, Student Behavior, Reading Comprehension
Curriculum Influences on Growth in Early Reading Fluency for Students with Academic and Behavioral Risks: A Descriptive Study
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Kamps, Debra M.; Wills, Howard P.; Greenwood, Charles R.; Thorne, Stephanie; Lazo, Junelyn F.; Crockett, Jennifer L.; Akers, Judy McGonigle; Swaggart, Brenda L. – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2004
This study applied an early screening approach to determine the risk status of children in 5 urban schools and monitor their patterns of reading growth over 3 years. A majority of students were from culturally diverse and low-SES backgrounds. Two validated instruments were used for determining (a) academic risk (the Dynamic Indicators of Basic…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Early Reading, Kindergarten, Urban Schools