In the past decade the proportion of school-aged children in the United States who are
English language learners (ELLs) grew by 32%, compared with a 4.9% overall increase in …

Background Low levels of numeracy and literacy skills are associated with a range of
negative outcomes later in life, such as reduced earnings and health. Obtaining information …

This chapter lays the foundation for an understanding of what reading comprehension is and
how it is conceptualised in the literature. It develops the notion that reading comprehension …

The purpose of this study was to determine how a response-to-intervention (RTI) model was
implemented with a large percentage of Latino English language learners who were having …

Counseling and Educational Research: Evaluation and Application prepares readers to be
good consumers and evaluators of research. Using concrete examples from published …

US Department of Education data continually indicate that students who are English
Learners (ELs) underperform in reading compared to students who are not English Learners …

This case study describes the culturally responsive instruction of one special education
teacher with Latino English language learners (ELLs) with learning disabilities in an urban …

Small-group reading interventions are commonly used in schools but the components that
make them effective are still debated or unknown. The current study meta-analyzed 26 small …

Considerable research evidence supports the provision of explicit instruction for students at
risk for reading difficulties; however, one of the most widely implemented approaches to …

This article reports the results of the third and final phase of a two-year research study on the
impact of New York State's school libraries on student achievement and motivation. Results …