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Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, 2003
The situation with regards to reading performance in Washington State is similar to that in many other states. Although student performance in reading has improved somewhat over the past four years, too many students continue to fall below state standards. In response to poor test scores and to the outpouring of research on early reading…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, State Standards, Underachievement
International Reading Association, Newark, DE. – 2002
This collection of articles from "The Reading Teacher" provides examples of the instructional practices which improve reading achievement, according to Reading First legislation. Each section offers a summary and discussion of the National Reading Panel Report findings, and presents several articles from "The Reading Teacher"…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Early Childhood Education
Nickell, Brian K. – 2003
Students in the targeted school exhibited a decline in reading scores between second and fourth grade. Due to poor reading levels for 2 consecutive years the state put the school on a probationary list with in its district. Evidence for the existence of the problem included documented low reading test scores, below proficiency assessment records,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Art Education, Grade 3, Instructional Effectiveness
Johns, Jerry L.; Lenski, Susan Davis – 1997
This book presents strategies for helping struggling readers, from those who simply need extra assistance to those needing more intensive help. The book is useful for classroom teachers and reading teachers as well as undergraduate and graduate students, and it offers a quick reference guide and full page resource materials ready for photocopying.…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Family School Relationship
Glasgow, Jacqueline N. – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1997
Discusses building fluency in reading and writing and teaching students to read and write for pleasure. Highlights include multimedia storyboards; bilingual instruction; writing programs for building fluency; CD-ROM storyboards; student-created storyboards; and an annotated bibliography of CD-ROM storyboards, poetry collections, and composing…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Multimedia Materials
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Kreuger, Elizabeth; Braun, Brenda – Reading Teacher, 1999
Describes a peer tutoring program used in grades two and three of a school where the majority of children entering school do not speak English as their first language. Shows impressive gains made by the children in reading fluency, comprehension, and in spelling. Notes the program's positive effects on reading attitudes, positive social skills,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grade 2, Grade 3, Peer Teaching
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Weiner, Eric J. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2005
The Partnership for Reading (PFR) in the United States has recently thrown its hat into the ring of adult literacy research and practice. Its information about adult literacy comes, almost entirely, from the National Reading Panel's (NRP) data on children. Building its case from the NRP data, the PFR advocates for a narrow, school-based conception…
Descriptors: Individual Power, Social Change, Literacy Education, Adult Educators
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McCollin, Michelle; O'Shea, Doris – Preventing School Failure, 2005
Legislative language, mandated by the newly reauthorized Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) of 2004 and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, underscores a number of issues relevant to students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds displaying reading-achievement difficulties. In this article,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Reading Difficulties, Reading Achievement, Emergent Literacy
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Walker, Laura L.; Jolivette, Kristine; Lingo, Amy S. – Beyond Behavior, 2005
Oral reading fluency is defined as the combination of accuracy (i.e., words read correctly) and rate (i.e., number of words read in a specified time). One strategy that addresses oral reading fluency is repeated reading of passages. Repeated reading can improve students' reading skills by building reading fluency linked to specific performance…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Skills, Reading Programs, Reading Improvement
National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, 2006
A major commitment of the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) has been to work with school sites that are implementing RTI. The work with these schools began in November 2002 after the U.S. Department of Education requested that NRCLD identify, describe, and evaluate the implementation of responsiveness to intervention (RTI)…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Reading Instruction, Response to Intervention, Parent Participation
National Institute for Literacy, 2007
A growing research base on adolescent literacy supports an emphasis on direct instruction in the reading and writing skills needed to perform these more complex literacy tasks. However, many middle and high school teachers have little or no preparation for teaching these skills within their content-area disciplines and have few resources upon…
Descriptors: Semantics, Phonemic Awareness, Writing Skills, Reciprocal Teaching
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2005
This guide offers a set of 13 lessons designed to help learners understand the components of reading that are part of becoming a more fluent reader, and to guide them as they work with the teacher to set their own goals for reading. The lessons can be used as an independent mini-course, or they can be integrated into an existing curriculum. The…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Adult Basic Education, Instructional Materials, Lesson Plans
Thompson, Sylvia; Lancaster, Angela – 2000
Noting that some children struggle with learning to read, this 15-minute videotape describes the essential components of an Accelerated Reading program (which provides supplemental instruction for struggling readers in Texas) and reports results of a study examining the effectiveness of various Accelerated Reading instructional approaches. It…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness
WestEd, San Francisco, CA. Northern California Comprehensive Assistance Center. – 2000
The purpose of this document is to help teachers, schools, and districts see clearly the relationship between California's English Language Arts (ELA) and English Language Development (ELD) standards and to design and implement an articulated and integrated system of instruction and assessment for English learners. ELA standards are written by…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
McKenna, Michael C.; Stahl, Steven A. – 2003
Combining essential background knowledge with hands-on tools, this practical resource and textbook provides a detailed road map for conducting multidimensional reading assessment. The book presents effective ways to evaluate K-6 students' spelling, word recognition, fluency, comprehension, strategic knowledge, and more. Intended for preservice and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
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