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Download full textJacob, Robin Tepper; Smith, Thomas J.; Willard, Jacklyn A.; Rifkin, Rachel E. – MDRC, 2014
This policy brief summarizes the positive results of a rigorous evaluation of Reading Partners, a widely used program that offers one-on-one tutoring provided by community volunteers to struggling readers in low-income elementary schools. A total of 1,265 students in 19 schools in three states were randomly assigned to receive Reading…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Volunteers, Tutoring
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Direct linkTunmer, William; Greaney, Keith – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
In 2007, the New Zealand Ministry of Education formally recognized the condition of dyslexia for the first time and has subsequently developed a working definition of the condition. The aim of this article is to draw on contemporary theory and research on reading development, reading difficulties, and reading intervention to describe what the…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Dyslexia, Foreign Countries, Definitions
Wheldall, Kevin – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2009
In this article, I consider social class and reading performance, outline a non-categorical approach to reading disability, describe the reading intervention program we have developed for older low-progress readers and seek to demonstrate how students from socially disadvantaged backgrounds can, and do, make substantial progress when offered…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Social Class, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention
Lee, Yeunjoo; Vail, Cynthia O. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2005
This investigation examined the effectiveness of a computer program in teaching sight word recognition to four young children with developmental disabilities. The intervention program was developed through a formative evaluation process. It embedded a constant-time-delay procedure and involved sounds, video, text, and animations. Dependent…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Reading Instruction, Computer Software, Program Effectiveness
Repp, Alan C.; Karsh, Kathryn G. – 1991
This final report describes the activities of a 3-year project that investigated the effectiveness and efficiency of five stimulus control procedures for teaching individuals with severe disabilities in classroom and community-based settings. The research was conducted in public schools in the northern Illinois area and included the following five…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Strategies, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Ferraro, Jan; Houck, Bonnie; Klund, Sue; Hexum-Platzer, Sharon; Vortman-Smith, Jan – Minnesota Department of Education, 2006
The "Model Secondary (6-12) Plan for Reading Intervention and Development" has been designed to meet the cognitive needs of middle school through high school students whose reading performance ranges from those significantly below expectation through those reading at or above grade level. The reading needs of the population of students in need of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Class Size, Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement
Rasinski, Timothy V. – 1994
Fast Start is a program designed to get primary grade children off to a successful start in learning to read through intensive and systematic parental involvement that is coordinated through the school and is based upon proven and effective methods of parent-child interaction around reading. The program is simple to learn, easy to implement,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Emergent Literacy, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Participation
