Reading intervention and extended-day reading programs for intermediate grade students : a case study

This dissertation is the culmination of a process in which I had an incredible amount of support.I would like to first extend my gratitude to Manoj Doolabh for his encouragement and willingness to celebrate the small moments with me, endless technology support, and for picking me back up when I hit stumbling blocks along the way.Thank you also to Becky Ayars, for whom I have been very blessed to work throughout the courses leading to this degree and the writing of the dissertation.She has been a font of wisdom and encouragement without which I would have surely failed in so many aspects of our profession and in completing this dissertation.Thank you to my chair, Dr. Sherry Field, who managed to make