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Tag: reading intervention

Student-Centered Reading Intervention
Starting at the instructional needs of below grade level readers and establishing instructional priorities should determine the essentials of any reading intervention program. In other words,…

Schoolwide Independent Reading Program
As an MA reading specialist, author, and frequent blogger on independent reading, I am constantly receiving posts and emails regarding the Accelerated Reading™ program. I frequently joke…

Read 180 Foundational Reading Assessment
This article details and provides criticism of the READ 180 screening and placement assessment: Foundational Reading Assessment.

ELA and Reading Articles and Resources
An index of ELA/reading articles and assessment-based instructional resources which equip teachers to teach to the whole class and individualize instruction.

Reading Intervention Whys, Whats, and Hows
All too often, reading intervention assessment is limited to establishing the whys. Teachers also need specific whats to inform their hows of instruction.

Decodable Books for Older Readers
Older remedial reading students can learn to read when provided This article shares why Decodable Take Home Books for Older Readers.

Moneyball and Reading Intervention
Bobby does not have the same instructional needs as does Marta. We can't use cookie cutter approaches to reading intervention if we want to make the…

Backwards Reading Intervention
How strange that a student-centered approach to learning, as advocated by many teachers and authors, does not extend to a student-centered approach to instruction. To cut…