Publisher Summary This chapter reveals a methodology of assessing basic academic skills
focused on problem solving that has been designed to evaluate a student's skills and …

Given the importance of early reading performance as a foundational prerequisite for
student achievement, schools have allocated significant attention over the past decade to …

A variety of early literacy assessments are available to monitor student response to
instruction in early reading skills. The purpose of this study was to explore the degree to …

Kindergarten entry assessments (KEAs) have increasingly been incorporated into state
education policies over the past 5 years, with much of this interest stemming from Race to …

Given the potential of afterschool programs to support youth in urban, low-income
communities, we examined the role of afterschool classroom ecology in the academic …

This study explores the possibility of adapting specific progress-monitoring tools developed
in the US for use in English-medium private schools in Bangalore. In the US, many teachers …

For 30 years, researchers have investigated oral reading fluency as a measure of growth in
reading proficiency. Yet, little research has been done with these measures in the context of …

This study highlighted the school collaboration and process involved in implementing Tier 1
reading instruction in a rural school in New Mexico and measured the efficacy of this model …

This paper addresses the need for effective curriculum-based measures (CBMs) to assess
foundational literacy skills in India. It seeks to answer the questions: What is the reliability …

In this chapter, we explore Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) as a system-wide means
to achieve both equity and excellence in school education. To understand the purpose and …