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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"Reading assessment"”.
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Multiple Measures of Reading Assessment and the Effects on Data-Driven Instruction
… research study takes a closer examination of two reading assessments used at the intermediate level: the Developmental Reading Assessment and the Scholastic Reading Inventory. These reading assessments were evaluated by determining what their areas of foci are and what types of information they …
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WRITING TO LEARN: DIALOGUE JOURNALS FOR MASTERY IN A READING ASSESSMENT COURSE
Teachers tend to use the word assessment interchangeably with testing. It is important that teacher educators share many forms of assessment with pre-service teachers so that they will be prepared to use them in their own classrooms. This study examines the use of the dialogue journal as both an …
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Structured Read-Aloud in Middle School: the Initial Impact on Reading Assessment Scores
… not receiving special education or additional reading intervention services. Until recently, research on read-aloud in the middle school has been limited. For the current investigation, students in two middle schools within the same school system in Virginia were tested using the Diagnostic …
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Indiana's High-Stakes Reading Assessment: Impact on Professionalism and Instructional Practices of Elementary Teachers
… The execution of the federal Race to the Top Assessment Program in 2009 ushered in a new era of accountability measures for educators, resulting in a significant increase in the number of state assessments, including the implementation of the Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination …
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Predicting Performance on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment Using the Developmental Reading Assessment and the 4Sight Predictive Benchmark Assessment
… the relationship between the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA), the 4Sight Reading Benchmark Assessment (4Sight), and the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) reading assessment for fifth grade students in one urban school district in Pennsylvania. A goal was to determine how …
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Enhancing teacher growth through conversation: an analysis of colleague conversation during the planning and teaching of a reading assessment course
… sessions, class meetings, and debriefings of a reading assessment course. The study describes what happened during the planning sessions and class debriefings of the more experienced professor, and how the conversations between the two colleagues assisted them in further developing their …
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A multidimensional investigation of the validity of a new large-scale reading assessment instrument: The reading portion of the Illinois Goal Assessment Program
… factor and a factor which contrasts reading rate and accuracy with narrative comprehension. Two elements of the IGAP failed to load on either factor: the literacy survey and the reading strategies measures.
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An Evaluation Of Lead Turnaround Partners’ Services In Virginia
… fifth grade students’ Standard of Learning (SOL) reading assessment scores. The study utilized a systematic review approach to data collection that will analyze Lead Turnaround Partners’ Scope of Work, Quarterly Reports, and Standards of Learning Achievement archival data. A program evaluation was …
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An Evaluation of a School District’s Summer Library Program Designed to Prevent Summer Reading Loss
… district’s summer library program had on summer reading loss. This study was conducted to analyze the design of the program and to determine what effect the program had on participants’ reading assessment scores as compared from spring (pre) to fall (post). Analysis of quantitative and …
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Text Comprehension: The Parameters of Difficulty in Narrative and Expository Prose Texts: A Redefinition of Readability
… used. They were presented in an international reading assessment project, administered by the Interna
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The Creation of a Ninth Grade Literacy Course: One Teacher's Experiences in Teaching a Standards-Based Literacy Course
… course. In response to consecutively low reading test scores, the administration in a rural high school in South Central Kentucky established a literacy course for all ninth grade students. This research illustrates the teacher’s implementation and instruction of that course. In addition, …
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For the love of reading : the impact of engagement factors on reading proficiency
… includes high-quality core instruction, frequent assessments, and data based decision making. The first essential component of an ideal RTI/MTSS program at the elementary level is high-quality core instruction (Tier 1). Considerable research affirms the significance of extensive and frequent …
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Fourth grade Hmong students’ reading proficiency.
… Act mandates that all students be proficient in reading by 2013. Researchers and practitioners alike have noticed that Hmong students do not achieve as well as their monolingual peers and other bilingual students. Linguistic factors alone do not account for this discrepancy, but rather a number …
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Evaluating Equity in 9th and 10th Grade ELA Instruction
… students. This mixed-methods study examined the reading proficiency gap between Black and White students in Grades 9 and 10 on the state under study’s reading assessment. The purpose was to identify effective instructional strategies, necessary resources, and implementation processes to reduce …
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A Mixed-Design Study Investigating the Benefits and Perceptions of a Teacher-Guided Summer Literacy Program
… teacher-guided summer literacy program affected reading achievement of students who had completed second grade and (b) parents' and students' perceptions of the program. Data were collected through spring and fall scores of the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA), observations, surveys of …
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The Impact of Reading Intervention on Retained Elementary-Age Students
… student failure. After implementation of a close reading program, participating students made growth on the state reading test. My main goal was to examine which key elements of this program supported retained third grade students resulting in learning gains. My data showed t-test findings with a …
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Using art therapy to increase reading motivation in below grade-level readers
<p>Reading literacy in the twenty-first century has become a national problem, as many children’s reading proficiencies are below-grade level. This quasi-experimental research quantitatively measured the correlation between art therapy and reading level improvement for below-grade level K-5 …
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The Strategy is at the Station: The Importance of Connecting Literacy Stations to Reading Strategies in Developing Independent Readers
<p>Guided reading groups and independent literacy stations are implemented in many elementary school classrooms... The present study looks at whether student literacy achievement is positively affected when guided reading strategies are connected to and used in independent literacy stations. …
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