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Direct linkNicholson, Tom; Tiru, Shanthi – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2019
Researchers have found that summer reading loss contributes to the reading achievement gap between low and high socioeconomic (SES) children. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a 3-week summer intervention in addressing this slide for 36 low SES children compared with another 36 children in a matched control group from one New…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Reading Programs, Achievement Gap, Reading Achievement
Wheldall, Kevin; Arakelian, Sarah – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2016
The aim of this study was to compare the York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension (YARC) with the Neale Analysis of Reading Ability (NARA) and other measures of reading and related skills with a sample of older low-progress readers and to provide additional information regarding the validity of the YARC in Australia. The data from an…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Reading Ability, Foreign Countries
Wheldall, Kevin; McMurtry, Sarah – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2014
The Test of Everyday Reading Comprehension (TERC) has recently been presented as an addition to the armoury of tests available for assessing the skills of low-progress readers. While comparison data for students of different ages are presented together with evidence for high test reliability, there is, as yet, no published evidence for its…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Test Validity, Reading Skills
William E. Tunmer; James W. Chapman; Keith T. Greaney; Jane E. Prochnow; Alison W. Arrow – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2013
For the past 15 years, the New Zealand government has initiated major efforts to reduce persistently large inequities in achievement outcomes in literacy education, including the development of a national literacy strategy. The aim of this study was to provide an analysis of the factors that have contributed to the failure of this strategy and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Public Policy, Educational Policy
Limbrick, Lisa; Wheldall, Kevin; Madelaine, Alison – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2012
Recent inquiries into the underachievement of boys in reading have called into question whether they require different forms of reading instruction from girls. A number of reading programs and initiatives have been developed to address this issue, including programs based on increasing boys' motivation, improving behaviour, embracing the use of…
Descriptors: Remedial Reading, Females, Reading Programs, Effect Size
Buckingham, Jennifer; Wheldall, Kevin; Beaman, Robyn – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2012
The response-to-intervention model is predicated upon increasingly intensive tiers of instruction. The aim of the present study was to examine the efficacy of a Tier-2 small-group literacy intervention ("MiniLit") designed for young readers who are still struggling after experiencing whole-class initial instruction. A total of 22…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Response to Intervention, Small Group Instruction, Reading Difficulties
Reynolds, Meree; Wheldall, Kevin; Madelaine, Alison – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2009
Early years teachers are in need of efficient measures to identify young students who are not making adequate progress in learning to read. The Wheldall Assessment of Reading Lists (WARL) has been developed to meet this need. The test, a curriculum-based measure of word identification fluency, consists of a series of parallel lists of frequently…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Word Lists, Test Construction, Reading Difficulties
