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Carlson, Coleen D.; Francis, David J. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2002
Evaluated the Rodeo Institute for Teacher Excellence (RITE), a phonics-based program that addressed at-risk students' failure to develop reading skills and provided teacher professional development. Data on K-2 students in intervention and control schools indicated that the RITE program successfully increased RITE students' reading abilities,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Phonics, Program Evaluation
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Foorman, Barbara R.; Francis, David J.; Winikates, Debbie; Mehta, Paras; Schatschneider, Christopher; Fletcher, Jack M. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 1997
Examines effectiveness of three different reading interventions in reading disabled second and third graders. Compares growth in phonological and orthographic processing and word reading. Finds the most significant mediator of intervention effects was initial differences in phonological and orthographic processing skills. Concludes that synthetic…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Instructional Effectiveness, Phonics, Primary Education