WWC finds Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition® has potentially positive effects on comprehension for adolescent learners (average improvement index +7 percentile points)¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Based on two quasi-experimental studies, the WWC rates CIRC as having potentially positive effects on comprehension for adolescent learners. → Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition® 2010 q2 i? The average improvement index for comprehension is +7 percentile points, with a range of +3 to +11 across findings from two studies; no standardised effect size is printed for this average. → Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition® 2010

Evidence¶

Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition® 2010¶

Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition®. (2010). WWC Intervention Report, Adolescent Literacy. What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/111

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r1

Systematic review (WWC Adolescent Literacy protocol, Version 2.0) computing improvement indices from two quasi-experiments meeting standards with reservations. The report states the "average improvement index for comprehension is +7 percentile points"; the improvement index is a percentile-rank difference, not a standardised effect size, so impact is null.

"The average improvement index for comprehension is +7 per-centile points, with a range of +3 to +11 percentile points across findings from two studies."

Discussion¶

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