This Third Edition begins with a brief overview of the recent key national policies and
initiatives that have had a significant impact on the teaching of reading and writing at the …

Guided reading is an important component of a comprehensive literacy program. Using this
approach to reading instruction is beneficial to all students, including English‐language …

A kindergartner's opportunities to develop reading and language arts skills are constrained
by the amount of time allocated to reading instruction. In the meantime, the student's …

Abstract The National Reading Panel (NRP, 1999) has encouraged educational
professionals to seek out teachers who best use solid teaching practices. Decades of …

With the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 children with mild intellectual
disabilities/specific learning disabilities have increasingly been integrated into most facets of …

This article addresses the concerns expressed by elementary students with and without
learning disabilities (LD) with regard to working with each other in small, mixed-ability …

Two overlapping situations in the American educational environment have given fuel for this
study: the NAEP reported that 34% of fourth grade students read below grade level and …

This study examined the viability of gradually and incrementally implementing flexible
differentiated instruction, or what is commonly known as flexible" ability grouping", in primary …

Some children in the United States are not meeting standards for reading achievement
despite preset academic interventions. This study examined the effects of skills-based and …

The purpose of this study was to examine, describe, and analyze the social interactions that
occurred between three Karen ELLs and the researcher during a reading intervention …