Six Reasons Why the Ron Clark Academy Loves Reading Plus
“We’re excited because it’s helped our kids have success, and overall it’s helped our school have success too.”
Low-performing Readers: Results of Two Months of Reading Plus Practice
Building Capacity in Low-Performing Readers: Results of Two Months of Reading Plus Practice Instruction | Upper Elementary School | Middle School | High School Purpose of Study: Students with low comprehension, slow silent reading rates, and/or an impoverished vocabulary may not be ready for efficiency building in Reading Plus. Nevertheless, the program includes a wealth […]
Links to Learning Applications: An Analysis of Usage and Impact
Links to Learning Applications: An Analysis of Usage and Impact, 2011-12 Miami-Dade County Public Schools (FL) Instruction | Upper Elementary School | Middle School | High School Summary of Findings: Miami-Dade County Public Schools conducted an independent analysis of interventions used within their district. The analysis examined students in grades 3 through 10 who were […]
What Do We Know About Comprehension-Based Silent Reading Rates?
Comprehension-Based Silent Reading Rates: What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Know? Instruction | Upper Elementary School | Middle School | High School Summary of Findings: This paper reviews research on the development of silent reading habits and examines instructional practices that can lead to good reading efficiency and strong comprehension. The authors […]
A Silent Reading Fluency Instructional Protocol and Reading Achievement
The Relationship Between a Silent Reading Fluency Instructional Protocol on Students’ Reading Comprehension and Achievement in an Urban School Setting Instruction | Upper Elementary School | Middle School | High School Summary of Findings: The study examined a large-scale implementation of Reading Plus to validate the effects as well as the feasibility of deployment of […]
Silent Word Reading Fluency and Temporal Vision Processing
Silent Word Reading Fluency and Temporal Vision Processing; Differences Between Good and Poor Readers Assessment | Middle School Summary of Findings: The study explored the relationship between students’ reading abilities, measures of temporal vision processing, and silent word reading fluency. Thirty-seven 7th-grade students were classified as “good” or “poor” readers via the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Comprehension […]