The 46% of adult learners classified as gainers had higher pretest reading and phonological awareness scores and included fewer adults with a history of special education (Scarborough et al.)¶

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q2 i? Gainers (46% of the sample) had higher pretest scores than non-gainers on measures of reading and phonological awareness, and included fewer adults with a history of special education. → Mary Beth Calhoon 2013

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Mary Beth Calhoon 2013¶

Mary Beth Calhoon, Hollis S. Scarborough, Brett Miller. (2013). Interventions for struggling adolescent and adult readers: instructional, learner, and situational differences. Read Writ 26:489–494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-013-9442-7

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The editorial reports individual-level findings from Scarborough et al.'s adult literacy study using WIGROT gain classification: "The 46 % of the sample who were classified as gainers had higher pretest scores than non-gainers" on reading and phonological awareness measures.

"The 46 % of the sample who were classified as gainers had higher pretest scores than non-gainers on measures of reading and phonological awareness, and included fewer adults with a history of special education."

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Related Claims¶

• Adult learners who made an education gain in one year significantly differed from those who did not on dispositional or demographic variables (Mellard et al.) — related
• Intervention completers had significantly lower pretest basic reading scores and were about six years older than non-completers and non-intervention adults — related
• Neither group nor individual analyses revealed efficacy differences among three instructional programs for adult literacy learners (Scarborough et al.) — related