Linda Gaughan
Associated IES Content
report
Impact Study
The Impact of Word Knowledge Instruction on Literacy Outcomes in Grade 5
District leaders in a large urban school district in central Florida wanted to examine the efficacy of a new curriculum designed to enhance the word knowledge of grade 5 students so as to improve reading achievement. The new curriculum, called Word Knowledge Instruction (WKI), consists of 15-minute lessons 4 days a week for 20 weeks. The lessons address state standards and cover 20 prefixes and suffixes. Thirty-nine schools participated in the study, with 92 English language arts (ELA) teache...
Apr 06, 2021
Publication number:
REL 2021-083
Grant
WKI-Writing: Impact of Word Knowledge Instruction (WKI) on Writing Outcomes of 5th Grade Students
Writing achievement is an important aspect of language and literacy performance for ELs and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Writing and oral language skills are integrally intertwined, as writing relies on interconnected language skills including word knowledge. Academic language (referring to the language of schooling that occurs in content-area text) is thought to be central to language and literacy achievement. Academic language is particularly important for students from low...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305L180019
report
Descriptive Study
Predicting math outcomes from a reading screening assessment in grades 3-8
District and state education leaders frequently use screening assessments to identify students who are at risk of performing poorly on end-of-year achievement tests. This study examines the use of a universal screening assessment of reading skills for early identification of students at risk of low achievement on nationally normed tests of reading and math and provides support for the interpretation of screening scores to inform instruction. Several members of the Regional Educational Laborat...
Jan 01, 2016