ERIC Number: EJ1067226
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 7
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ISSN: EISSN-2155-9635
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Increasing Reading Fluency of Elementary Students: Information for the Educational Leader to Use in Making Decisions
Craft, Kristin; Robles-Piña, Rebecca
International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, v3 n3 Oct-Dec 2008
Educational leaders need to ask themselves how it is possible that nearly 40% of 329,969 Texas fourth grade students are reading below grade level? With accountability standards rising, how does any school with an at-risk population produce fluent readers and in turn master grade level expectations? Scholars agree that meaning derives from phrases, not isolated words. How many elementary students are still struggling with word-by-word reading? The purpose of this paper is to assist educational leaders in identifying best practices related to specific fluency interventions and to call attention to the topic of explicit fluency instruction. The identification of best practices for improving reading fluency is important for educational leaders such as principals to know and use in basing important decisions regarding reading programs.
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Elementary School Students, Educational Administration, Best Practices, Intervention, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs, Cues, Phrase Structure, Drills (Practice), Oral Reading, Experimental Teaching, Evidence, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies, Grade 4, Management Information Systems
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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