Date

10-2018

Department

School of Education

Degree

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (EdD)

Chair

David C. Nelson

Keywords

Title I, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Guided Reading Instruction

Disciplines

Education | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

Abstract

Title I, Part A (Title I) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) allocates federal government funds to schools serving low-income families. Title I schools receive additional financial support to combat the impact of poverty on students’ elementary and secondary education. This quantitative causal-comparative study examined the effect of reading instruction on third-grade students’ reading achievement score. The study included Title I elementary schools (n=4) within an urban school district in the Southeastern region of the United States. Participants included a convenience sampling of third-grade students (N=340). The researcher collected anonymous archived reading achievement scores from the Renaissance Star 360® reading assessment administered by Independent School District (pseudonym). Pre-test and post-test reading achievement scores were analyzed using an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The results of the ANCOVA indicated a statistically significant difference between the reading achievement scores of third-grade students who participated in guided reading instruction and third-grade students who participated in whole-group reading instruction while controlling for pre-test reading achievement scores. The findings rejected the null hypothesis. Implications of the findings were examined alongside recommendations for future research.

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