A carefully designed program that includes teaching how to choose a book, monitoring the process, and evaluating can
impact reading achievement (Routman, 2003).
Not exact matches
Researchers measured 11 outcomes previously shown to be
impacted by breast - feeding: body mass index (BMI); obesity; asthma; hyperactivity; parental attachment; behavior compliance; and
achievement in vocabulary,
reading recognition, math ability, intelligence and scholastic competence.
Teacher quality and student
achievement in both math and
reading increased substantially after the departure of low - performing teachers — those dismissed by
IMPACT, or those who left voluntarily following their first «minimally effective» rating.
From a scientific standpoint, three conclusions are valid about the
achievement results in
reading from the year 3
impact evaluation of the OSP:
Estimating the
impact of the English immersion law on limited English proficient students»
reading achievement.
The positive
impacts on
reading achievement observed for voucher users therefore reflect the incremental effect of adding private school choice through the OSP to the existing schooling options for low - income D.C. families.
• «All of which» means «some of which,» as the multi-year Louisiana study cited (of which I am co-author) reports no significant
achievement impacts of the program after three years and the Indiana study cited reports that the initial negative results of that program turn positive in
reading by year four.
The
impact of the program on the
reading achievement of Cohort 1 students did not differ by a statistically significant amount from the
impact of the program on the
reading achievement of Cohort 2 students, Carnoy's claim notwithstanding.
Another parent with two children in the OSP may have hinted at a reason
achievement impacts were observed specifically in
reading:
The
reading impact of the D.C. voucher program is the largest
achievement impact yet reported in an RCT evaluation overseen by the NCEE.
The
impact on student math and
reading achievement differed by about 20 percent of a standard deviation, a difference which the authors note is «striking, roughly equivalent to having a teacher who is at the 16th percentile of effectiveness rather than at the 50th percentile.»
Another study, by Eric Hanushek and Margaret Raymond, both also at Stanford, evaluated the
impact of school - accountability policies on state - level NAEP math and
reading achievement measured by the difference between the performance of a state's 8th graders and that of 4th graders in the same state four years earlier.
We do not, however, find evidence that NCLB accountability had any
impact on
reading achievement among either 4th or 8th graders.
By way of comparison, the authors note that the
impact of being assigned to a teacher in the top - quartile rather than one in the bottom quartile in terms of their total effect on student
achievement as measured by student - test - based measures of teacher effectiveness is seven percentile points in
reading and six points in math.
Only three of the 11 education interventions have demonstrated statistically significant
achievement impact overall in either
reading or math.
We measure the initial
impact of the EITP on a school's math and
reading achievement by comparing student
achievement between the Cohort 1 and Cohort 2 schools at the end of the 2008 — 09 school year, during which Cohort 1 schools implemented the EITP but Cohort 2 schools did not.
In contrast to the results for math
achievement, we do not find any evidence that being evaluated increases the
impact that teachers have on their students»
reading achievement.
To provide a more rigorous evaluation of the program's
impact, we compare the
reading and English performance of individual students attending NLP and comparison schools in 1997 and 1998, while taking into account a wide variety of school characteristics that could also influence student
achievement.
Our analysis has identified a significant
impact of the literacy hour on
reading and English
achievement.
Striking differences: The
impact of moderate and high trauma on
reading achievement.
This meta - analysis includes 84 rigorous studies (with over 60,000 K - 12 participants) that examine the
impacts of technologies designed to improve K - 12
reading achievement.
I'm unaware of any definitive research on the effect size of small group instruction or the
impact it has regarding student
achievement in
reading.
Upping the Ante of Text Complexity in the Common Core State Standards: Examining Its Potential
Impact on Young Readers Educational Researcher, January / February 2013 Researchers examine the theoretical and empirical support for assumptions underlying the CCSS's acceleration of text complexity in grades 2 - 3 and identify patterns in American
reading achievement and instruction in order to illustrate the consequences of an increase in the first step of the CCSS staircase of text complexity levels.
AIR and MDRC, along with three small - business subcontractors, designed a randomized field trial to examine the
impact of professional development (PD) on
reading instruction and student
achievement.
An earlier evaluation found that after two years, Higher
Achievement had statistically significant positive
impacts on both math and
reading test scores.
Randomized field trials were used to examine the
impact of the Teacher Study Group (TSG), a professional development model, on first grade teachers»
reading comprehension and vocabulary instruction, their knowledge of these areas, and on the comprehension and vocabulary
achievement of their students.
Experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) played a significant role in studying and reporting the findings of The
Impact of Two Professional Development Interventions on Early
Reading Instruction and
Achievement, a report that was released on September 22, 2008 by the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
The
Impact of Summer Setback on the
Reading Achievement Gap.
The
reading impact of the OSP is the largest
achievement impact yet reported in an evaluation overseen by the NCEE.
(See The
Impact of Two Professional Development Interventions on Early
Reading Instruction and
Achievement.)
The 2004 Mathematica study says that «TFA teachers did not have an
impact on average
reading achievement.
Certified school library media specialists have a significant
impact on student
achievement by motivating students to
read and helping them to find level appropriate
reading materials, teaching them to locate and evaluate authoritative information sources, and preparing them for success in college and careers.
«[T] here were no statistically significant
impacts of the program on
reading or math
achievement in the first year.»
The use of a voucher had no statistically significant
impact on overall student
achievement in math or
reading.
The combination of KIPP pre-K and early elementary school had «positive and statistically significant
impacts on
reading and math
achievement» by second grade, researchers found.
Read our briefing and get the full report, Examining the Early
Impacts of the Leading Educators Fellowship on Student
Achievement and Teacher Retention.
National Assessment of Title I: Interim Report to Congress (2006) provides preliminary findings from the congressionally mandated National Assessment of Title I. Volume I contains findings on the implementation of the Title I program under the No Child Left Behind Act, and Volume II presents early findings from Closing the
Reading Gap, an evaluation of the impact of supplemental remedial reading programs on achievement of 3rd and 5th grade st
Reading Gap, an evaluation of the
impact of supplemental remedial
reading programs on achievement of 3rd and 5th grade st
reading programs on
achievement of 3rd and 5th grade students.
The paper, published in Education Finance and Policy, details the
achievement impacts of 41 KIPP charter middle schools nationwide and reports consistently positive and statistically significant test - score effects in
reading, math, science, and social studies.
Volume I contains key findings on the implementation of the program under the No Child Left Behind Act, and Volume II presents a report on follow - up findings from Closing the
Reading Gap, an evaluation of the impact of supplemental remedial reading programs on achievement of 3rd and 5th grade st
Reading Gap, an evaluation of the
impact of supplemental remedial
reading programs on achievement of 3rd and 5th grade st
reading programs on
achievement of 3rd and 5th grade students.
This model is designed to help teachers incorporate the highest -
impact instructional practices: classroom discussion, debate, and repeated
reading of text to ensure the greatest literacy
achievement in a single school year.
Although he has obtained snacks for his students, he has not pursued a significant solution to gaining guided
reading resources for his classroom, which would be a far more purposeful use of his time and effort as it would have the greatest
impact on students»
achievement.
Both the complexity and the level of detail in state
reading standards are important areas of analysis because they are likely to
impact the development of local systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment in ways that will significantly effect student
achievement.
The
impact of instructional practices in Grades 1 and 2 on
reading and spelling
achievement in high poverty schools
A schoolwide commitment to
reading and writing strategies in all content areas has had a positive
impact on student
achievement at Herbert Hoover High School.
Rockman et al has conducted several studies investigating the implementation and
impact of ReadWorks «curriculum and teacher training materials, which are designed to improve teacher effectiveness and student
achievement in
reading comprehension.
In addition, the RAND Corporation, a highly regarded organization providing research and analysis, will perform an extensive study to assess the
impact of this new coaching model on the
reading and mathematics
achievement in these schools over three years.
While tutors signed up a semester at a time, it was expected that they would stay with their tutees for at least one full school year and two if needed, thus allowing time for relationships between tutors and tutees to develop and thereby increasing their potential
impact on
reading achievement.
With support from the RI Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Teaching Studio consulting teachers are working with hundreds of educators in Woonsocket and Smithfield public schools to strategically
impact student
achievement in
reading.
Instructional Practices that Support Literacy
Achievement of Students Living in Poverty reviews research on the impact of poverty and identifies a dearth of literacy resources on the reading achievement of children in low - income
Achievement of Students Living in Poverty reviews research on the
impact of poverty and identifies a dearth of literacy resources on the
reading achievement of children in low - income
achievement of children in low - income households.
These reforms and interventions should be judged not just on their immediate
impacts but also by their effect on fourth - grade
reading achievement.