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The Effect Of Two Reading Programs On First Grade Students' Reading Fluency, Christy Stewart Bowling
The Effect Of Two Reading Programs On First Grade Students' Reading Fluency, Christy Stewart Bowling
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School districts struggle to achieve Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in reading in first grade. Nine percent of first grade students at the study site were not meeting state performance standards in the area of language arts. Specifically in the area of fluency, 38% of first grade students were not achieving AYP. Because of the close connection between oral fluency and early reading achievement, first grade students need to be more fluent to attain state standards. Based on LaBerge and Samuels theory of automaticity within reading fluency, the purpose of this study was to identify the impact of the Scholastic Guided …