A Description of Foundation Skills Interventions for Struggling Middle-Grade Readers in Four Urban Northeast and Islands Region School Districts. Issues & Answers. REL 2008-No. 042

Autor/inn/en	Zorfass, Judith; Urbano, Carole
Titel	A Description of Foundation Skills Interventions for Struggling Middle-Grade Readers in Four Urban Northeast and Islands Region School Districts. Issues & Answers. REL 2008-No. 042
Quelle	(2008), (56 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; Intervention; School Districts; Basic Skills; Reading Skills; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Student Evaluation; Screening Tests; Diagnostic Tests; Reading Diagnosis; Reading Instruction; Reading Programs; Program Effectiveness; Profiles; Interviews; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; New York; Rhode Island; Woodcock Diagnostic Reading Battery; Woodcock Reading Mastery Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; School district; Schulbezirk; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Screening-Verfahren; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Leseunterricht; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	This study, conducted during the 2006/07 academic year, describes how four midsize urban school districts in the Northeast and Islands Region--Worcester, Massachusetts; Nashua, New Hampshire; Yonkers, New York; and Providence, Rhode Island--were providing foundation skills assessments and programs to struggling middle-grade readers. Researchers found variations, but also some similarities, in the districts' use of tests and programs. The study found that all four districts were testing to screen students, diagnose problems, and monitor student progress. But all were in the beginning stages of testing and programming. Districts varied in the tests that they used and in the numbers of students that they included. The information presented here can help state and local education agency decision makers plan, implement, and evaluate their own foundation skills testing and intervention programs. The following are appended: (1) Glossary of Key Terms; (2) Demographic and achievement statistics for participating districts; (3) Reading assessments; (4) Foundation skills intervention; (5) Methods; and (6) Interview questions by category. (Contains 6 boxes and 5 tables.) [This report was prepared for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) by Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands administered by Education Development Center, Inc.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands. 55 Chapel Street, Newton, MA 02458. Tel: 617-618-2747; Fax: 617-969-1580; Web site: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/index.asp
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10