A Comparison of Practices in Grading Reading Performance and Their Underlying Philosophies and Policies for Children Reading Below Grade Level in Selected Florida School Systems

The goal of this project was to survey selected school systems in the State of Florida and to determine their philosophies, policies: and techniques for grading reading. The area of special concern was children reading below assigned grade level but up to potential. The focus of this paper was to identify reports to parents that dealt in a positive way with below grade level readers and allowed for effective as well as cognitive development. Positive aspects of current reports were pointed out and suggestions for improvement to better serve needs of children reading below grade level were made. Since most school systems do give grades, recommendations were made for further research and development of this project topic.

Grantor dc:publisher

UNF Digital Commons

Year dc:date

1984

Author dc:creator

• Ginn, Linda Powell

• University of North Florida; UNF; Dissertations
• Academic -- UNF -- Master of Education: Dissertations
• Academic -- UNF – College of Education; Dissertations
• Academic -- UNF -- Education -- Reading; Grading and marking (Students) -- Florida -- Psychological aspects; Learning disabled children -- Education; Learning disabled children -- Florida -- Psychology; Reading -- Remedial teaching -- Florida; Reading disability -- Psychological aspects; Reading
• Psychology of; Slow learning children -- Florida -- Psychology
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
• Educational Methods
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/688

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.unf.edu:etd-1738