Colby Hall
Associated IES Content
FY2021
Reading, Writing, and Language Development FY2021
FY2022 - FY2023
Reading, Writing, and Language Development
Grant
Project LINK: Learning to Generate Inferences and Building Knowledge Using an Online Platform
In this project, the researchers aim to develop and pilot test a scalable, theoretically and empirically supported knowledge-building and inference instruction intervention (Learning to Generate Inferences and Building Knowledge [LINK]) to improve reading comprehension for all students in grades 6 and 7. An early version of LINK demonstrated promise in accelerating reading comprehension for students with reading difficulties (RD) in a sample with a high proportion of multilingual students wh...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A240175
Grant
Leveraging Evidence-based Reading and Relational Tools to Improve Kindergarteners' Literacy Skills and Behavior
The purpose of this study is to test the optimal sequence of two teacher-implemented supplemental interventions for kindergarten students at risk for reading difficulties. The first intervention, Read Well Kindergarten (RWK), teaches evidence-based foundational reading skills and the second intervention, Banking Time (BT), is meant to enhance teacher-student relationships to decrease challenging behavior. Both have been shown to be effective and feasible in classroom settings, but they have ...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R324A230093
Grant
Reading RULES in Kindergarten: Development of a Small-Group Intervention to Support Emergent Reading and Writing
In this project, researchers will revise and extend Reading RULES for Kindergarten (RRK), a small-group literacy intervention aimed at improving kindergarten students' word study and text reading. Early literacy skills are important predictors of later reading and writing achievement, but students enter kindergarten with varying levels of literacy skills and abilities. To date, there are few interventions that provide integrated reading and writing instruction for kindergarten students. The ...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A180094