Program use was associated with significant gains on both ELPAC subdomains, with a larger effect for the oral subdomain (0.224 SD) than the written subdomain (0.153 SD)¶
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q3 i1 Treatment students scored 0.224 SDs higher on the ELPAC oral subdomain and 0.153 SDs higher on the written subdomain, both statistically significant. → Nicholas Feroce 2025
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Nicholas Feroce 2025¶
Nicholas Feroce, Jenny Liu, Rajendra Chattergoon. (2025). Exploring the impact of a CALL tool for emergent bilinguals. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-025-10462-5
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Regression analysis of the full sample's oral (speaking/listening) and written (reading/writing) ELPAC subdomain scores with demographic and school fixed-effect controls. Both coefficients were significant, with effect sizes of 0.224 SDs (oral) and 0.153 SDs (written); the article notes the oral effect exceeds the written effect, consistent with the program's oral focus.
"students who used the CALL program were predicted to score, on average, 0.224 SDs above their grade-specific means on the ELPAC oral subdomain and 0.153 SDs on the ELPAC written subdomain compared to students who did not use the CALL program. Both these effects were statistically significant, and the larger effect for the oral subdomain aligns with the program's emphasis on development of oral language skills."
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Learner Variables¶
- English-Learner Status — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Effects of CALL program use varied by grade, with significant effects for grades 2 and 5 on overall and written scores and for grades 2, 4, and 5 on oral scores — related
- Proficiency-level analyses found no significant differences between program users and non-users in odds of attaining ELPAC proficiency — related
- K-5 English learners who used the Lexia English CALL program scored significantly higher on the overall ELPAC than non-users (0.197 SD) in a 2020-21 district implementation — related
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Program use was associated with significant gains on both ELPAC subdomains, with a larger effect for the oral subdomain (0.224 SD) than the written subdomain (0.153 SD) |
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Program use was associated with significant gains on both ELPAC subdomains, with a larger effect for the oral subdomain (0.224 SD) than the written subdomain (0.153 SD) |
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2025 |
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2026-10-29 |
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