Over the past decade, fluent reading has come to be seen as a central component of skilled
reading and a driving force in the literacy curriculum. However, much of this focus has …

We review the body of research on reading comprehension for students with learning
disabilities. First, we describe the factors that lead to the comprehension difficulties of these …

Practical, effective, evidence-based reading interventions that change students' lives
Essentials of Understanding and Assessing Reading Difficulties is a practical, accessible, in …

In their 1985 report, Becoming a Nation of Readers: The Report of the Commission on
Reading, Anderson, Hiebert, Scott, and Wilkinson defined reading and proposed five …

During the past decade, responsiveness to intervention (RTI) has become popular among
many practitioners as a means of transforming schooling into a multilevel prevention system …

Words Their Way's developmentally-driven, hands-on instructional approach has been a
phenomenon in word study, providing a practical way to study words with students. The keys …

In this chapter, the authors present an effort to confront 3 large lacunae in the research on
reading fluency: definition, component structure, and theory-based intervention. They …

This article explains the elements of reading fluency and ways to assess and teach them.
Fluent reading has three elements: accurate reading of connected text, at a conversational …

Curriculum-based measurement (CBM) is an approach for assessing the growth of students
in basic skills that originated uniquely in special education. A substantial research literature …

The primary focus of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a classwide peer
tutoring program in reading for three learner types: low achievers with and without …