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Basic Reading Skills and the Literacy of the America's Least Literate Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) Supplemental Studies (May 6)
The 2003 NAAL assessed the English literacy skills of a nationally representative sample of 18,500 U.S. adults (age 16 and older) residing in private households. » more info

Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions: Impacts on a First Cohort of Fifth-Grade Students (May 4)
The report, Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions: Impacts on a First Cohort of Fifth-Grade Students, reports on the impacts on fifth-grade student achievement of four supplemental reading comprehension curricula that use similar instructional strategies designed to improve reading comprehension in social studies and science text. » more info

New Quick Review Examines Recess and Classroom Behavior Study (Apr 28)
Read the WWC's review of a study that looked at whether providing daily recess to third graders improves their classroom behavior. » more info

IES Research Funding Opportunities Webinars (Apr 27)
The Institute of Education Sciences is hosting a series of webinars related to research funding opportunities at the National Center for Special Education Research and the National Center for Education Research. » more info

Parent Involvement Strategies in Urban Middle and High Schools in the Northeast and Island Region (Apr 27)
This report summarizes efforts to develop and pilot test a protocol for collecting information about parent involvement policies, practices, and programs being implemented at the middle and high school levels. » more info

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