| Title: | Enhanced Reading Opportunities: Findings from the Second Year of Implementation: Report from the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research Initiative |
| Description: | The report, Enhanced Reading Opportunities: Findings from the Second Year of Implementation presents findings from an ongoing evaluation of the impact of two supplemental literacy programs — Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy (RAAL) and Xtreme Reading (XR) — that aim to improve the reading comprehension skills and school performance of struggling ninth-grade readers. The report describes the effects of the programs on the second cohort of students entering high school two to five years behind grade level in reading. Taken together, the programs produced a statistically significant impact on reading comprehension among the students who were randomly assigned to participate in the supplemental literacy programs equivalent to 1 to 2 months of instruction compared to those who did not participate in the programs. Analyzed separately, RAAL had a statistically significant impact on reading comprehension while XR did not have a statistically significant impact on reading comprehension. No statistically significant impacts were found on student’s vocabulary test scores or their use of reading behaviors promoted by the programs. |
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| Cover Date: | November 2008 |
| Web Release: | November 20, 2008 |
| Print Release: | November 20, 2008 |
| Publication #: | NCEE 20094036 General Ordering Information |
| Center/Program: | NCEE |
| Authors: | William Corrin, Marie-Andrée Somers, James J. Kemple, Elizabeth Nelson, and Susan Sepanik: MDRC; With Terry Salinger and Courtney Tanenbaum: American Institutes for Research. |
| Type of Product: | Evaluation Report |
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For questions about the content of this Evaluation Report, please contact: Paul Strasberg. |
