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Making Instructional Decisions Based On Data: What, How, And Why, Catherine Rosemary, Kouider Mokhtari, Patricia Edwards
Making Instructional Decisions Based On Data: What, How, And Why, Catherine Rosemary, Kouider Mokhtari, Patricia Edwards
Catherine A. Rosemary
The article offers information on the Data Analysis Framework for Instructional Decision Making. It is a student assessment tool that consists of guiding questions to assist school literacy team members in analyzing data, discussing the patterns and relationships within those data, and constructing interpretations that they can then translate into goals and action steps to improve reading and writing achievement. The three major categories of data that are considered for improving reading and writing instruction are reading performance data, professional development data, and classroom data.
Professional Development In Reading First Ohio: Comparison Of Four Methods Of Professional Development Delivery, Catherine Rosemary, Kathleen Roskos, Russell Brown, Leann Krosnick, Lisa Lenhart, Tania Jarosewich, John Savery, James Salzman, Linda Collins
Professional Development In Reading First Ohio: Comparison Of Four Methods Of Professional Development Delivery, Catherine Rosemary, Kathleen Roskos, Russell Brown, Leann Krosnick, Lisa Lenhart, Tania Jarosewich, John Savery, James Salzman, Linda Collins
Catherine A. Rosemary
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At-Risk Readers And Community Volunteers: A 3-Year Perspective, Catherine Rosemary, Marcia Invernizzi, Connie Juel, Herbert Richards
At-Risk Readers And Community Volunteers: A 3-Year Perspective, Catherine Rosemary, Marcia Invernizzi, Connie Juel, Herbert Richards
Catherine A. Rosemary
The Charlottesville Volunteer Tutorial, known locally as Book Buddies, is a one-to-one community volunteer tutorial that is an integral part of the Charlottesville City Schools' plan to ensure that all first- and second-grade children learn to read. Analyses of the first 3 cohorts reveal the growing efficacy of the program. Participants with greater than 40 sessions significantly outperformed participants with fewer than 40 sessions on most pre- and posttest gain scores and on both outcome measures of text reading and word recognition. Effect size for word recognition in Cohort III was +1.29, considerably higher than effect sizes reported for other …
A Community Volunteer Tutorial That Works, Catherine Rosemary, Marcia Invernizzi, Connie Juel
A Community Volunteer Tutorial That Works, Catherine Rosemary, Marcia Invernizzi, Connie Juel
Catherine A. Rosemary
In Virginia, the Charlottesville Volunteer Tutorial is a one-on-one tutorial program that encourages the literacy development of young children and involves a wide range of community volunteers. The program, which resulted from a partnership between the Charlottesville City Schools, the McGuffey Reading Center of the University of Virginia, and the Charlottesville community, aims to improve the reading and writing skills of at-risk children and to set up and maintain community involvement in and responsibility for the education of all children. The triad composed of the child, the volunteer tutor, and the reading coordinator is central to the tutorial program. The …