An Experimental Study of the Project CRISS Reading Program on Grade 9 Reading Achievement in Rural High Schools

<p>Students entering high school face many new academic challenges. One of the most important is their ability to read and understand more complex text in literature mathematics science and social studies courses as they navigate through a rigorous high school curriculum. The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northwest conducted a study to examine the effectiveness of a teacher professional development program called Project CRISS which stands for Creating Independence through Student-owned Strategies. Through Project CRISS high school teachers learn how to apply research-based learning principles and reading/writing strategies in all major subject or content areas using materials training and follow-up support provided by the developer. The ultimate goal of Project CRISS is to help students learn new ways to read and comprehend practice reading and writing strategies in different classes and eventually internalize and use successful reading and writing strategies independently leading to improved reading comprehension.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>