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Sustained silent reading and students' reading habits
High school students who engaged in sustained silent reading (SSR) enjoyed reading more but didn't spend more personal time on it.

Early assessments miss reading problems that emerge in grades 2-4
Late-emerging disabilities have prevalence of 36%.

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ADOLESCENT READING Middle school intervention on reading Reading strategies to help adolescent students understand textbooks Struggling readers benefit when they tutor younger struggling readers More focus on disciplinary literacy needed to improve adolescent reading READING ASSESSMENT Don't judge individual students by standards-based test results, study says Caution needed in use of Observation Survey Oral reading fluency predicts students' performance on statewide tests Reliability of informal reading inventories Study of four reading interventions fails to answer $10 million question Most DIBELS subtests not predictive of reading comprehension Oral reading rate not a good measure of reading comprehension, study warns

MOTIVATION TO READ Comprehension program focuses on motivation to read Grade 2 boys respond to boy-friendly books, but male readers have little impact on attitudes Nonfiction books motivate reluctant middle-school readers WRITING AND VOCABULARY Adapt writing instruction to students' own writing strategies, researchers say Often neglected, vocabulary drives reading comprehension, study reports What's the best way to teach writing? SUMMER READING 4th-grade summer reading program Grade 1-5 summer reading program fails to boost fall reading achievement scores

READING AND BEHAVIOR Interventions for reading or behavior improves both Language impairments related to reading and behavior problems TUTORING Tutoring improves reading among struggling first graders Teacher supervision key to success of tutor model for early readers Low-cost volunteer tutoring program Benefits of training for peer tutors EARLY LITERACY The slippery slope of an early literacy gap Kansas Center finds early success with 3-tiered intervention for students with reading problems Best predictors of early reading achievement Teachers need to be more accurate in identifying early literacy problems Study demonstrates how to profile struggling readers to target needs