Linking Reading Coaches and Student Achievement: Evidence from Florida Middle Schools

Autor/inn/en	Lockwood, J. R.; McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Marsh, Julie
Titel	Linking Reading Coaches and Student Achievement: Evidence from Florida Middle Schools
Quelle	In: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 32 (2010) 3, S.372-388 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3737
DOI	10.3102/0162373710373388
Schlagwörter	Middle Schools; Reading Achievement; Achievement Gains; Literacy; Cohort Analysis; Coaching (Performance); Program Effectiveness; Statistical Significance; Longitudinal Studies; State Programs; Data Analysis; Educational Indicators; Educational Assessment; School Statistics; Evidence; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Leseleistung; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Kohortenanalyse; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Regierungsprogramm; Auswertung; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Evidenz
Abstract	Many policymakers suggest that school-based reading coaches can improve teachers' practice, which consequently will improve students' literacy skills. Although reading coaches are increasingly prevalent in schools nationwide, empirical evidence for their effects on student achievement is scarce. This article helps to address this gap by conducting an evaluation of a statewide reading coach program in Florida middle schools. Using achievement data from nearly 1,000 Florida middle schools from the 1997-1998 through 2005-2006 school years, we find that receiving a state-funded coach was associated with statistically significant improvements in average annual reading achievement gains for two of the four cohorts of schools analyzed. We examine implications for state and district policy and future research. (Contains 4 notes, 3 tables, and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10