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 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 ...
This report examines the relationship between schools’ decisions to maintain the use of Direct Instruction programs and the variables of training, coaching, and the fidelity of implementing Direct Instruction ...
This study compared the effect of implicit (Extensive Reading), explicit (Corrective
Reading), and a combination of the two approaches on the reading achievement of 198 adults
reading at the third to ...
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 article examined the use of direct instruction for teaching the use of prepositions to students with intellectual disabilities. Two African-American middle school boys were included in the study. ...
This four-year study examined the effect of reading interventions on the reading achievement of 171 elementary students with and without risk for emotional and behavior disorders. Students received 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 ...
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 (CR) on the reading achievement of at-risk 3rd and 4th grade students and teachers’ perception of CR materials. Low-achieving 3rd and 4th grade students ...
This study examined the effect of using the Language Arts strand of the Reading Mastery Signature Edition program as a supplement to non-Direct Instruction reading programs with English Language Learner ...
This study compared the effect of two parent implemented computer-based reading programs (Funnix & Headsprout) on the basic early literacy skills of 25 students with reading difficulties over eight weeks. ...
This study examined the effect of the combination of Reading Mastery (RM) and Precision Teaching (PT) on the reading skills of elementary students (Grade 1to 4). Students who were below grade level in ...
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 compared the effects of six reading programs on the oral reading fluency (ORF) growth of 30,000 first to third grade students. Students were randomly selected from almost 3,000 classrooms in ...
Thirty-seven four year old Head Start students in a suburban area of the southern United States were randomly assigned to receive 30 minutes of daily instruction in Funnix or the same amount of time in ...
This study examined the effect of peer delivered instruction of the Corrective Reading program on the oral reading fluency and reading comprehension skills of eight struggling secondary readers living ...
This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of English Language Learner (ELL) students in grades 4-7 in three schools. Student achievement was measured using the ...
This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of 12 third grade students with physical and/or mental disabilities. Prior to instruction with CR, all students were ...
This study examined the effect of five months of instruction with Corrective Reading Decoding B1 (CR) on the decoding skills of a high school student with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The ...
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 examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the phonological processes of 206 elementary and secondary students identified with serious reading problems. A battery of phonological tests ...
... Instruction (DI) program at home by their parents. Reading achievement was determined by measuring growth in phonemic awareness, letter-sound fluency, non-word decoding skills, and oral reading fluency. ...
This study examined the effects of using Reading Mastery Plus with six K-2 students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) probes ...
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 ...
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 Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of students in grades 7-9 in one school. Prior to the implementation of CR in 2003, every student had required reading ...
This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of English Language Learner (ELL) students in one middle school. CR was implemented in grades 6-8 during the 2001-2002 ...
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 provided a descriptive analysis of the research literature on three-tier models and conducted a meta-analysis on the effectiveness of three-tier models of reading, behavior, and a combination ...
This report summarizes 12 research studies on the effectiveness of early literacy instruction for struggling readers. The programs reviewed included Early Steps, Sound Partners, Thinking Partners, Proactive ...
This study examined the effect of the Corrective Reading (CR) program on the reading comprehension and fluency skills of 11 middle school students. The Jerry Johns Reading Inventory was administered for ...
This study examined the efficiency and effectiveness of a three tier intervention model and the use of a Response-to-Intervention system. 371 students in grades K to 3 from one elementary school participated ...
This study investigated the effects of a Direct Instruction reading program, Corrective Reading, on the reading achievement of elementary and middle school students with emotional disturbance (ED) and ...
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 study examined the effect of using Corrective Reading Thinking Basics: Comprehension Level A on reading comprehension of four elementary students. Probes were given in the areas of statement inference, ...
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 examined the effect of Reading Mastery on the development of reading skills and the use of reading strategies of 27 second grade students. Students were asked to read story books according to ...
This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading fluency and behavior of seven middle school students with reading deficits and behavior problems. The Woodcock Reading Mastery Test-Revised ...
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 Plus (RMP)on the reading achievement of kindergarten and elementary students. After receiving a Reading First grant, RMP was implemented in kindergarten ...
This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery (RM) on the reading achievement of struggling readers in grades one to six at one elementary school. RM was initially implemented during the 2005-2006 ...
This study examined the effect of a three-tier strategic model of intensifying instruction with Reading Mastery Plus with students in kindergarten through grade three at a Title I school. Typically achieving ...
... this study examined the generalization of decoding skills to previously untaught functional and community words. The students were instructed using Level A of the Corrective Reading program for 45-55 minutes ...
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 ...
his study compared the effect of three reading programs, Reading Mastery (RM), Open Court (OC), and Guided Reading (GR), on the ability of 84 second grade students to retell stories they previously read. ...
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 using re-reading as a consequence for a 16-year –old high school remedial student being unable to read passages rapidly with zero errors. The student was reading at a ...