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McIntyre, Ellen; Rightmyer, Elizabeth C.; Petrosko, Joseph P. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2008
In this study, we examined 56 first-grade struggling readers' phonics and reading achievement in classrooms served by SRA Reading Mastery, a scripted model of early reading instruction against the achievement of 52 first-grade struggling readers in classrooms served by one of four other, non-scripted reading models. We also studied the…
Descriptors: Phonics, Early Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction
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Vadasy, Patricia F.; Sanders, Elizabeth A.; Abbott, Robert D. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2008
This study examined the long-term growth of reading skills following 1 year of supplemental 1st-grade code-oriented intervention provided by paraeducators. A group of 79 1st graders with reading skills averaging in the lowest quartile received explicit alphabetic and decoding instruction and were assessed postintervention and at 1-year intervals…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervals, Reading Fluency, Early Reading
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Gettinger, Maribeth; Stoiber, Karen – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2008
This article describes the design and implementation of a program that incorporates a response-to-intervention (RTI) framework for promoting the development of early literacy and language skills among low-income minority children. The early literacy program, called the Exemplary Model of Early Reading Growth and Excellence, or EMERGE, combines…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Early Reading, Income, Disadvantaged Youth
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McMaster, Kristen L.; Kung, Shu-Hsuan; Han, Insoon; Cao, Marisa – Exceptional Children, 2008
This study determined the effectiveness of Kindergarten Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (K-PALS) for English Learners (ELs). We compared 20 K-PALS ELs to 20 Control ELs and to 20 K-PALS non-ELs on early reading skill acquisition, using a pretest-posttest control group design with matched samples. We also compared proportions of ELs unresponsive…
Descriptors: Intervention, Early Reading, Learning Strategies, Phonemic Awareness
Wilson, G. Pat; Martens, Prisca; Arya, Poonam; Altwerger, Bess – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
Are programs that emphasize systematic phonics instruction truly superior to other types of programs for young readers, as the National Reading Panel claims? The authors conducted a study of three different programs to see what kinds of readers are actually emerging from them. Two were commercial programs that used explicit and systematic phonics…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Early Reading, Teaching Methods, Inferences
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Cassady, Jerrell C.; Smith, Lawrence L. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2005
This study examined the effects of the Waterford Early Reading Program on reading achievement gains across the first-grade year. The results of this longitudinal analysis demonstrated meaningfully greater gains on reading achievement for those with access to the Integrated learning system (ILS) (n[superscript 2] =.10). Furthermore, the positive…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Early Reading, Reading Instruction, Achievement Gains
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Ross, Steven M.; Smith, Lana J. – Elementary School Journal, 1994
Examined first-year results of the Success for All (SFA) program, designed to bring every student to grade level in reading by third grade. Found that SFA benefits were most significant at the kindergarten level; teachers were highly accepting of the program; and the program's strengths included cooperative learning, regrouping, tutoring, early…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning, Early Reading