Scott Ardoin

The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research for improving reading and spelling outcomes for adolescents with word-level reading difficulties or disabilities (WLRD) while participating in mentoring and training activities to develop expertise in iterative intervention development, models of word reading and spelling, and the development and dissemination of products with education stakeholders. Many adolescents, including those with learning disabilities, have significa...

The purpose of this study is to better understand the test-taking behavior of 3rd, 5th, and 8th grade students. Tests of reading comprehension (RC) are meant to measure the processes engaged in by readers when reading for understanding, yet research suggests that two individuals might engage in very different processes and earn the same score on a single test. Furthermore, the same student might earn very different scores on two different tests, with one test score suggesting the student has...

Extensive evidence exists demonstrating the benefit of repeated reading for increasing the oral reading rates of elementary students. As a result of the research base and an increased interest in promoting students' reading rate with accuracy, schools are increasingly using repeated reading instructional procedures as a means of increasing students' reading fluency. Extant research has primarily focused on the impact of repeated reading on the oral reading rate, accuracy and comprehension of...