WWC finds CIRC has potentially positive effects on general literacy achievement for adolescent learners (average improvement index +2 percentile points)¶
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q2 i? Based on two quasi-experimental studies, the WWC rates CIRC as having potentially positive effects on general literacy achievement for adolescent learners. → Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition® 2010
q2 i? The average improvement index for general literacy achievement is +2 percentile points, with a range of –3 to +8 across findings from two studies. → 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
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WWC systematic review computing improvement indices from the same two quasi-experiments; findings across the two studies were inconsistent, and no standardised effect size is printed for the domain average, so impact is null.
"The average improvement index for general literacy achievement is +2 percentile points, with a range of –3 to +8 percentile points across findings from two studies."
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WWC finds CIRC has potentially positive effects on general literacy achievement for adolescent learners (average improvement index +2 percentile points) |
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WWC finds CIRC has potentially positive effects on general literacy achievement for adolescent learners (average improvement index +2 percentile points) |
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