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Liebfreund, Meghan D.; Porter, Stephen R.; Amendum, Steven J.; Starcke, Matt A. – Elementary School Journal, 2022
The present study employed a difference-in-difference approach to determine the impact of a technologically enhanced diagnostic and formative assessment system implemented in one US state in kindergarten through third grade on school-level end-of-year third-grade reading test scores and percentage of students receiving special education services.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Reading Tests, Scores
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Wonder-McDowell, Carla; Reutzel, D. Ray; Smith, John A. – Elementary School Journal, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of aligning classroom core reading instruction with the supplementary reading instruction provided to 133 struggling grade 2 readers. A 2-group, pre-posttest true experimental design was employed in this study. In 11 elementary schools, 12 teachers taught both the aligned and unaligned core and…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Elementary Education, Reading Difficulties, Special Needs Students
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Willson, Victor L.; Hughes, Jan N. – Elementary School Journal, 2009
A sample of 784 children with below-median literacy performance in kindergarten or at the beginning of grade 1 was assessed in 5 areas of psychological and social variables: academic competence, sociodemographic characteristics, social/emotional/behavioral characteristics, school context, and home environment. We examined the contribution of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Grade 1, Grade Repetition, Low Achievement