This technical report offers a critique of the Revised Northern Ireland Curriculum (RNIC), in place since 2007. The author argues that these revisions have remained largely unchallenged since their introduction ...
This article presents results from three studies that examined the impact of administrative decisions and implementation fidelity to on student achievement within schools implementing DI programs. Results ...
This updated meta-analysis synthesized the results of 328 studies on the effectiveness of Direct Instruction, spanning 50 years (1966-2016). Results were consistent with conclusions of previous meta-analyses ...
In this report Stockard analyzes the conclusions of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) on the effectiveness of Direct Instruction, specifically examining the strong differences between their review of ...
Reviews of research on rural education suggest that identifying ways to help rural schools improve teachers’ pedagogical skills should be a high priority. This article addresses this issue by examining ...
This paper reports the results of a meta-analysis of studies of DI programs that included a comparison group, randomly assigned students to groups, and reported statistical information that could be used ...
This study uses published, aggregated data on the results of implementations of Reading Mastery to show how school assessment data, such as that mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), can be ...
Research on the effectiveness of Direct Instruction (DI) has spanned over 40 years, consistently providing support for the assertion that all children can learn if provided with appropriate instruction. ...
This study examined the effect of exposure to Reading Mastery (RM) in kindergarten on the growth of reading skills through the primary grades. The study used a cohort control group design, comparing cohorts ...
This study examined the effect of exposure to Reading Mastery (RM) in kindergarten on the growth of reading skills through the primary grades. The study used a cohort control group design, comparing cohorts ...
Thirty-seven four-year-old students in a Head Start program in a suburban community in the southern United States were randomly assigned to receive 30 minutes of additional instruction each day in their ...
This study compared the effect of two reading programs (Reading Mastery Signature Edition, Scott Foresman’s Celebrate Reading) on the reading comprehension and fluency of fourth grade students. Fifty two ...
This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading on the reading comprehension of four elementary and secondary students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and developmental disabilities (DD). Curriculum-based ...
This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery Plus (RMP) on the reading achievement of preschool students with and without developmental delays. Curriculum based measures were administered for pre- ...
This study compared the effect of two reading programs on the reading achievement of kindergarten and elementary students from two schools within the same school district. Student achievement between kindergarten ...
This study examined student response to remedial reading intervention, with comparisons made between students from differing language backgrounds and across instructional programs. Struggling readers who ...
This study selected participants from a larger study that evaluated effects of a three-tier model for academics and behavior (Kamps & Greenwood, 2005). In the current study, reading achievement of students ...
The National Reading Panel recently concluded that pre-literacy and early literacy instruction is appropriate for kindergarten students and an important element of promoting higher achievement in later ...
This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery (RM) on the reading achievement of elementary students. In an attempt to reduce the racial gap in academic achievement, RM was implemented in the African ...
This study examined “Third Wave” intervention strategies for fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students with learning disabilities in mainstream schools. Fifty six schools participated in the study with 35 ...
This study examined the effects of a Direct Instruction mathematics program, Corrective Mathematics, Basic Fractions on middle school students identified as at-risk for failure in mathematics. Concepts ...
This one year study examined the effect of the Corrective Reading (CR) program on the reading achievement of ninth and tenth grade students with learning disabilities. Student achievement was compared ...
This study examines the effect of the Corrective Reading (CR) program on the reading achievement of four third grade students. All four students had been identified as low-performing students. CR was implemented ...
This study examined the effect of the Direct Instruction program, Corrective Reading, on the reading and language skills of a seven year old boy with high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder. The student ...
This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery (RM) on the reading achievement of kindergarten and elementary students. In response to receiving a “D” grade from the state of Florida, the Alta Vista ...
This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction on the reading achievement of economically disadvantaged elementary students. The school fully implemented Reading Mastery in grades K-6 during the ...
This study compared the effect of two Comprehensive School Reform models (Success for All, Direct Instruction) on the reading achievement of 44 middle school students with disabilities who were two or ...
This study examined the effects of Reading Mastery I, supplemented with a Visual Phonics system, on word reading, pseudoword reading, and reading comprehension of kindergarten and first grade students ...
This study compares the effect of two reading programs, Reading Mastery (RM) and the Five Block program, on the reading achievement of elementary students in one school district over four years. Three ...
This study examined the effect of the Corrective Reading program on the decoding skills and reading rate of two secondary students with learning disabilities. Student ages were 13 and 15, but both read ...
This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading on high school students with learning disabilities’ reading ability, pass rate on the Gateway Language Arts exam, and their perceptions of reading. ...
This study examined the effect of the Corrective Reading program on the decoding skills and reading rate of two secondary students with learning disabilities. Student ages were 13 and 15, but both read ...
This study examined whether the Corrective Reading-Decoding curriculum could be altered in order to meet the needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing students, and therefore, result in the students’ ability to ...
for their students on mastery of material covered in the Reading Mastery program.
Abstract: This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction programs (Reading Mastery, Language for Learning, Corrective ...
This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery (RM) on the reading achievement of three fourth grade students with learning disabilities over a period of eight weeks. Curriculum based measures were ...
In this article, Engelmann and Engelmann discuss the various problems involved with scaling up comprehensive school reform models in order to reverse the failure of schools to educate all students. Their ...
This study examined the impact of adding a repeated reading intervention to Corrective Reading instruction for middle school students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Reading fluency served as ...
This study examined the effects of a peer-delivered Corrective Mathematics program on math ability of low-performers in a secondary general education classroom. The Calculation and Applied Problems subtests ...
This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of middle school students. CR was implemented in seven school districts in central Virginia. The Virginia Standards ...
This study examined the growth of reading skills of students in kindergarten through second grade who had been identified for academic and behavioral risk. Students in five schools were selected to participate ...
This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction and Core Knowledge programs in six elementary schools during the implementation of the four-year Baltimore Curriculum Project. Each of the six schools ...
This study examined the implementation of Direct Instruction (DI) programs in one Whiteville City school, in an attempt to increase student achievement and proficiency, and reduce the achievement gaps ...
This article examines changes in student achievement in the Baltimore City School System from 1993 to 2001, focusing on actual change over time and projected achievement based on current performance trends. ...
This study examines the effect of Corrective Reading on the reading achievement of 333 eighth grade students over the course of one school year. Student achievement on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills from ...
This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery (RM) on the acquisition of early literacy skills by seven urban kindergarten students. Students were administered teacher designed tests, curriculum based ...
This article discusses the preliminary results of the first four years of the implementation of Direct Instruction (DI) reading programs in six Baltimore elementary schools. DI programs in reading, language, ...
This article articulates the alignment of Reading Mastery with research-validated features of effective instruction in the areas of oral language, decoding, and reading comprehension. The second part ...
This study examined the effects of Direct Instruction mathematics instruction with four seventh grade boys with learning disabilities. The DI approach, based on the text, Designing Effective Mathematics ...
This study examined the effects of the Language for Learning curriculum on preschool students with and without developmental delays. Pretest and posttest scores were compared to those of two comparison ...
This nine-month study examines the effect of Reading Mastery on the reading and writing achievement of two male fourth grade students. One student was diagnosed with learning disabilities and the other ...