During COVID, a third-grade volume-of-reading strategy showed greater reading growth than a control group without the strategy¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Third graders asked to independently read two tailored articles per week demonstrated greater reading growth than a control group. → Bugler 2021

Evidence¶

Bugler 2021¶

Bugler, D. (2021). School District Collaboration: Lessons From Districts Participating in California Education Partners' California Language & Learning Initiative (CALLI). WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED616075

q2 · i? · qualitative · r1

An interview-reported district case during COVID distance learning: teachers chose reading volume as a manageable, data-friendly strategy. The article reports "greater growth in reading compared to a control group" but prints no effect size or test statistic.

"They decided to ask third graders to independently read two articles per week using the district's online system that tailors texts to students' reading levels. These students demonstrated greater growth in reading compared to a control group with whom this strategy was not used."

Discussion¶

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