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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Reading assessments."”.
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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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An Examination of the Factors Affecting State and District Participation in the Voluntary National Test in 4th-Grade Reading
… proposed Voluntary National Test in 4 th-grade Reading (VNTR) and existing state and district reading assessments for similarly aged children was examined. Also studied were the factors that affected states' and districts' decisions about whether to participate in the VNTR. Findings obtained …
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Identification and Literacy: The Way Children Identify Themselves as Literacy Learners
… looks into the impact of explicitly teaching reading strategies and Growth Mindset. This research also looks into finding ways for students to move away from negatively identifying themselves as readers. Data were collected for this study over a period of six weeks using the students’ reading …
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The relationship between the time spent reading at home with parents and reading achievement
… purpose of this study was to offer support for reading to your child at home during the early elementary years to increase your child's reading readiness at school. It is hypothesized that the more time parents spend reading to their child at home the higher their scores should be on reading …
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Pawtnering for success : examining academic achievement and student engagement in ELAR.
… and one fifth-grade English Language Arts and Reading classroom, with matched control classrooms for comparison. Academic growth was measured using Beginning-of-Year and Middle-of-Year Measures of Academic Progress Growth reading assessments. Student motivation, engagement, self-regulation, and …
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The impact of literature circles on reading comprehenson in a fourth grade class
… grade class where the majority of students were reading below grade level, literature circles were introduced and monitored for their ability to (a) raise student motivation to complete class work, (b) improve student interaction and behavior, and (c) raise Fountas and Pinnell reading …
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Effectiveness of Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
… (DIBELS) at identifying students in need of reading intervention compared to two other reading assessments, the Observation survey (OS) and Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA). The percent of time DIBELS agreed or disagreed with OS or DRA was used to determine the effectiveness. DIBELS was …
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Predicting Performance on Criterion-Referenced Reading Tests with Benchmark Assessments
… value of two frequently-used benchmark reading assessments: Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) and the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS). With an increasing emphasis on high-stakes testing to measure reading proficiency, benchmark assessments may assist in …
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Literacy And Equity: Exploring Teachers’ Lived Experiences Of Georgia Black Boys’ Difficulties With Reading Comprehension And Word Recognition
… eighth grades have consistently scored low on reading assessments (The Nation’s Report Card, 2022c). Low reading achievement contributes to a persistent underachievement gap for Black boys, leading to unfavorable academic outcomes such as difficulty in phonological processing, limited fluency …
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Understanding Reading Challenges Among Black Boys: A Case Study of Third-Grade Title I Students
… States continue to underperform on standardized reading assessments despite Title I support. Despite decades of policy, including No Child Left Behind (2001), Every Student Succeeds Act (2015), and Wisconsin's Act 20, third-grade Black boys in a majority-minority district showed no measurable, …
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Evaluating the Impact of a Reciprocal Teaching Intervention for Learners with Diverse Reading Abilities in the Upper Primary Phase
… constructed learning environment to improve reading outcomes. A review of the literature recognises its significant impact for readers with adequate decoding skills but who are poor comprehenders. However, evidence of RT within heterogeneous settings remains inconclusive, especially in the UK …
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A Case Study of the Literacy Experiences of 3rd Grade Struggling Readers with the Use of Interactive Digital Books
… grade levels below the standard expectations in reading tests are defined as struggling readers. Struggling readers have difficulty in reading and/or comprehending a text, which affects them personally and academically. They will continue to fail in reading assessments conducted by their literacy …
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The Impact of Working Memory Training on Third-Grade Students' Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension Performance
… the relationship between working memory (WM) and reading performance in 50 typically-developing third-grade students, as well as the effect of WM-training on their WM, reading fluency, and reading comprehension skills. Half of the sample was randomly assigned to the experimental group, while the …
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Higher-Order Thinking Question Affecting Economically Disadvantaged Students’ Reading Achievement
<p>Reading proficiency continues to elude a large number of school children, in particular, our economically disadvantaged students (Clark & Akerman, 2006). In a continued effort to decrease the gap between the high-poverty and low-poverty students’ reading scores, this study examined the effect of …
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Music and mathematics : a reciprocal relationship action research with third graders at Cheyenne Elementary School.
… scored lower on state-mandated mathematics assessments than on reading assessments in three of the last seven years. While there was a reading coach on staff for Cheyenne Public Schools, there was not a position dedicated to math intervention to assist the students who scored below …
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Predicting Performance on the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment for Reading for Third Graders using Reading Curriculum Based Measures
… public schools continue to struggle to improve reading proficiency as measured by high stakes assessments. To reach state targets for reading proficiency schools must use data at the earliest point possible to inform instructional strategies and identify students at risk of failure. The response …
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An outcome evaluation of Living Through Learning's Coronation Reading Adventure Room Programme
… of the Living Through Learning's Coronation Reading Adventure Room Programme. LTL's reading programme objectives include aspects of improving and developing English literacy in disadvantaged schools, teaching learners how to read and write and equipping teachers with the necessary skills to …
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A study of the relationships between oral comprehension and silent reading comprehension
… the comprehension levels of a student's silent reading level to their oral comprehension level when a passage is read to them. It will also address the theory that reading is a visual symbol system superimposed on auditory language. Theorists state that reading is a symbol system twice removed …
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