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Schechter, Rachel L.; Chase, Paul A.; Li, Katherine – Online Submission, 2023
This study explores the efficacy of core phonics and intervention products by 95 Percent Group, LLC ("One95"), drawing on the relationship between technology, the science of reading, and learning sciences. Researchers analyzed data from 440 K-1 students in Maryland that rolled out One95 over two school years, fall 2020 to spring 2022.…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains, Phonics
Loveridge, Stacy – Online Submission, 2017
This report discusses the benefits of canine-assisted reading through the "Tail Waggin' Tutors" program at the Glen Burnie Regional Library in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Presented are the two different types of therapy dog interactions, Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) and Animal-Assisted Activities (AAA). The first canine-assisted…
Descriptors: Animals, Reading Programs, Public Libraries, Library Services
Haya Shamir; David Pocklington; Erik Yoder; Kathryn Feehan – Online Submission, 2019
New technologies have had a large and transformative impact on education. This study explored the benefits of a comprehensive, computer-adaptive reading program for the literacy skills of young learners. Second grade students enrolled in a public school district used a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) program and were evaluated at the beginning…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Literacy Education, Fidelity
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Nicholson, Scott – Library Quarterly, 2013
Games and other forms of play are used in today's libraries to attract underserved patrons, to introduce patrons to other library resources and services, and to facilitate engagement between library patrons. While many perceive gaming as a new library service, gaming services have been part of librarianship since the nineteenth century through…
Descriptors: Games, Toys, Puzzles, Library Services
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
"Fast ForWord"[R] is a computer-based reading program intended to help students develop and strengthen the cognitive skills necessary for successful reading and learning. The program, which is designed to be used 30-100 minutes a day, 5 days a week, for 4-16 weeks, includes three series. The "Fast ForWord[R] Language" series…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Beginning Reading, Alphabets
McGaughey, Trisha A.; Wade, Julie H.; Zhao, Huafang – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2013
This brief describes an evaluation of academic intervention supports available to high school students in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) during the 2012-2013 school year. A website review identified information about academic supports available to students or parents within each high school's web pages. A survey of school staff gathered…
Descriptors: Counties, Academic Support Services, At Risk Students, High School Students
Jones, Debra Hughes; Vaden-Kiernan, Michael; Rudo, Zena; Fitzgerald, Robert; Hartry, Ardice; Chambers, Bette; Smith, Dewi; Muller, Patricia; Moss, Marcey A. – SEDL, 2008
Under the larger scope of the National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning, SEDL funded three awardees to carry out large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCT) assessing the efficacy of promising literacy curricula in afterschool settings on student academic achievement. SEDL provided analytic and technical support to the RCT studies…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Adolescents, Recruitment, Partnerships in Education
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Instruction. – 1979
This is the third of three volumes that constitute the final evaluation report of Project STAR (State Technical Assistance Resources), an undertaking of the Maryland State Department of Education designed to help 36 elementary schools improve their reading programs. This volume is the project handbook and contains information concerning the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Improvement Programs, Program Content, Program Design
Frechtling, Joy A.; And Others – 1982
This design for the second year of a study of elementary school reading instruction conducted by the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools' Department of Educational Accountability is based on knowledge gained from the first year of the study which examined not only reading comprehension instruction in the elementary school, but also school…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Arts, Program Design, Program Effectiveness
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Compensatory, Urban, and Supplementary Programs. – 1976
A description and evaluation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-funded programs for the state of Maryland are presented in this report. Programs concentrated on instruction in language arts (reading) for students with special educational needs in the first, second, and the third grades. Developmental reading readiness for…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Program Evaluation
Holowenzak, Stephen P. – 1979
This is the second of three volumes that constitute the final evaluation report of Project STAR (State Technical Assistance Resources), an undertaking of the Maryland State Department of Education designed to help 36 elementary schools improve their reading programs. This volume is divided into five parts. The first part contains a discussion of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Improvement Programs
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
"Fast ForWord"[R] is a computer-based reading program intended to help students develop and strengthen the cognitive skills necessary for successful reading and learning. The program, which is designed to be used 30 to 100 minutes a day, five days a week, for 4 to 16 weeks, includes two components. The first component aims to build…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Instruction. – 1976
This booklet outlines the standards for successful reading programs in Maryland as part of the national Right to Read effort. The first section discusses the purposes, development, and usage of established guidelines for the evaluation of successful reading programs. The second section discusses 28 standards to be met before a school's reading…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Facilities, Educational Objectives, Guidelines
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Instruction. – 1979
This is the first of three volumes that constitute the final evaluation report of Project STAR (State Technical Assistance Resources), an undertaking of the Maryland State Department of Education designed to help 36 elementary schools improve their reading programs. This volume is essentially descriptive and is divided into seven parts. The first…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Elementary Education, Improvement Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Bufalino, Janet – 1996
This report summarizes the development and implementation of Reading Recovery programs in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The first section of the booklet presents a synopsis of the Reading Recovery program. The next section discusses training for Reading Recovery educators. The third section presents a historical overview of the Shippensburg…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation
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