Sentences with phrase «general reading achievement»

(District of Columbia) Echoing research that dates back almost 50 years, the latest evaluation of the effectiveness of the federal Head Start program found positive effects on general reading achievement but nothing more.

Of the 26 programs rated, Reading Recovery achieved strong results, with positive ratings or potentially positive ratings across all four areas studied: alphabetics (phonemic awareness and phonics), fluency, comprehension, and general reading achievement.

The What Works Clearinghouse review of Spelling Mastery for the Students With Learning Disabilities topic area includes student outcomes in nine domains: alphabetics, reading fluency, reading comprehension, general reading achievement, mathematics, writing, science, social studies, and progress in school.

Not exact matches

In addition, a series of studies by David Grissmer and colleagues found that early math and reading achievement tests are not even very good predictors of later test results relative to other types of skills and more general knowledge.

State officials, having identified a small number of Tier 1 curricula, applied a similar winnowing process to professional - development providers, recommending only vendors such as Achievement Network (ANet), American Reading Company, Generation Ready, LearnZillion, and others that could offer training geared specifically to Louisiana's Tier 1 curricula instead of general pedagogical strategies or techniques.

In comparison, the correlation between general interest in science and student performance was 0.13, and the correlation between enjoyment of science and performance was 0.19.2 Even with the revised test, the relationship between reading skill and science achievement was much closer than the one between interest and enjoyment of science and science achievement.

Regardless of whether one feels that a general lack of positive outcomes tends to discredit these programs, one can not overlook the fact that the reports about their effectiveness consistently identify three specific opportunities to increase reading achievement: an increased availability of high interest books, sustained wide area reading, and opportunities for students to share their reading experiences with others (Eriksson, 2002; Krashen, 2002).

Children who are chronically absent in kindergarten show lower levels of achievement in math, reading and general knowledge in first grade.

Key Responsibilities Teaching: + Provides intensive intervention learning experiences and teaches pre-reading, reading, language arts, mathematics and other general elements of the course of study + Create an atmosphere through personal example and efficacious relationships with students which inspire academic achievement and an enthusiasm for learning.

Less is known about spelling competence in the general population than is known about reading achievement because there is no national test for spelling and many states do not test students» spelling skills.

In the end, teens (in general) don't read research studies; their own reasons for reading over the summer are more likely to be about good stories than about achievement gaps.