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Tag: RTI
Fluency Assessment Problems
The heart of effective reading intervention, whether in a comprehensive Response to Intervention (RtI) program, individual remedial reading classes, reading tutoring, or in-class literacy centers, guided…
Reading Fluency Norms
Hasbrouck and Tindal, have now (2017) have replicated their initial study for grades 1–6. Following is the latest data, i.e. 2017 for grades 1–6 and 2006 for 6–8.
Books for Struggling Readers
I just finished a comment on a teacher's post asking for feedback on her self-authored ESL teaching resources and chapter books. I was struck by the…
Reading Intervention Program Politics 101
I've learned to take a friendly, but assertive stance with administrators regarding reading intervention programs. The article provides teachers with three practical ideas to apply political…
Which High Frequency Words?
First, let's dispel a few notions about how we learn to read. It's not a which came first, the chicken or the egg? question some still…
Reading Fluency Assessment
Wouldn't it be great if you found a two-minute, numbered reading fluency that was leveled, at say first through seventh grade reading levels, did not require…
Phonemic Awareness Assessments
Phonemic Awareness can be assessed and taught to both beginning and remedial reading students with fficient, comprehensive, and accurate whole class (or at least small group)…
Quick Reading Assessments
Grades 4-8 teachers need quick reading assessments to determine "ballpark" reading levels of their students. Three assessment tools are provided free of charge.