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Direct linkGreen, Alisha K. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The federal No Child Left Behind Act requires all students, regardless of gender, race, or socioeconomic status, to be proficient in reading by the year 2014. Although progress has been made, discrepancies in reading achievement remain. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of two instructional strategies…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Educational Strategies, Constructivism (Learning), Socioeconomic Status
Gutman, Tricia E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The achievement gap in reading between students of low versus high socioeconomic status (SES) is detrimental to students of low SES who struggle with basic reading skills such as fluency and comprehension. The purpose of this study was to investigate if the systematic use of Read Naturally, a repeated reading fluency-based program, significantly…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Social Change, Grade 5, Reading Skills
