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Download full textChaplin, Duncan; Capizzano, Jeffrey – Online Submission, 2006
A growing body of evidence indicates that the test scores of low-income children drop significantly relative to their higher-income counterparts during the summer months. This study finds that a well-implemented summer learning program can improve reading skills and increase the extent to which parents encourage their children to read during the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Academic Ability, Self Esteem
Peer reviewedIversen, Sandra; Tunmer, William E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1993
To determine whether the Reading Recovery (RR) program would be more effective if systematic instruction in phonological-recoding skills were incorporated, first-grade at-risk readers were divided into 3 groups of 32 children each (modified RR, standard RR, and standard intervention groups). Reading progress was strongly related to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Encoding (Psychology), Grade 1
Reid, Ethna R. – 1996
The goal of the Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI) is to improve elementary and secondary students' ability to use their language--to read fluently and with expression, to understand what they read and hear, and to use this understanding so they can communicate effectively. ECRI is a pre- and in-service program for teachers to learn…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedKelly, Marie; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1994
Reports a study that assessed the effects of reciprocal teaching on the comprehension of poor reading comprehenders who read nonfiction material in a regular classroom. Heterogeneous reading groups from two elementary classes participated in reciprocal teaching. Data analysis showed there were significant improvements in comprehension that were…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Direct linkMassengill, Donita – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2004
The participants in this study, Joelle, Peter, Troy, and Malia (pseudonyms), are part of the approximately 25% of adults in the United States who function in the realm of low literacy. Adult literacy educators continually strive to meet the needs of this population. One challenge is to provide meaningful literacy programs for adults that will…
Descriptors: Sight Vocabulary, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Program Effectiveness
Johnson, Judy A. – 1996
A study examined a reading recovery program in Great Bend, Kansas. Subjects were 70 first-grade students divided into a treatment group and a control group. In the treatment group, 19 were Caucasian, 6 were Hispanic, and 6 were Vietnamese or Afro-American. In the control group, 31 were Caucasian and 8 were Hispanic. Independent variables were:…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention, Grade 1
Brierley, Mirian – 1987
Children in Columbus, Ohio public schools participated in two nontraditional kindergarten programs during the 1986-1987 school year. Evaluations of the programs were undertaken to determine their success. One program involved a full day kindergarten that featured opportunities for increased personal and social development, as well as instruction…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Kindergarten
Tobin, Kevin G. – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2004
This study is a follow-up on a previous study of the effects of 2 beginning reading programs implemented in 1st grade. In the previous study, 40 1st-grade students who were matched based on their Concepts About Print Test (Clay, 1979) and Phonological Segmentation Fluency from the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS; Good…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Elementary School Students
Ramaswami, Soundaram – 1994
This evaluation assesses the impact of New Jersey's Reading Recovery program on first-grade students in the Newark School District. The report presents results from two cohorts and is divided into two main sections. Section 1 deals with the achievement of the students from the 1991-1992 academic year. Their performance at the end of first grade in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education
Crain, Robert L.; And Others – 1992
The career magnet high school programs of the New York City (NYC) public school system were evaluated in an experimental study. The experimental design compared the ninth-grade performance of students randomly selected for magnet schools with those who "lost the lottery." It included 91 pools of students: 3,272 with average reading…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Education, College Preparation, Computer Uses in Education
