DaisyQuest has positive effects on alphabetics skills in beginning readers, per WWC synthesis of four randomized controlled trials¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2006 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

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q3 i? Across four studies meeting WWC evidence standards (223 students aged five to seven), DaisyQuest was rated as having positive effects on alphabetics, with an average improvement index of +23 percentile points (range -18 to +45). → DaisyQuest 2006

Evidence¶

DaisyQuest 2006¶

DaisyQuest. (2006). WWC Intervention Report: DaisyQuest. What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

WWC synthesis of four randomized controlled trials totaling 223 students. The report states DaisyQuest "was found to have positive effects on alphabetics skills" and computes an improvement index averaging +23 percentile points, with a range of -18 to +45 across individual findings.

"DaisyQuest was found to have positive effects on alphabetics skills."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Phonological Awareness — outcome: instruction changes it

DaisyQuest has positive effects on phonological processing in preschool children, with a domain-average effect size of 0.68 across two randomized controlled trials — related
DaisyQuest outperformed math-oriented control software on phonological awareness and phonics measures — related
In Lonigan et al. (2003), DaisyQuest effects were statistically significant on four of eight phonological processing outcomes and not significant on the others — related
DaisyQuest matched teacher-delivered phonological awareness instruction but beat other instructional software in low-progress readers — related
Earobics® has positive effects on alphabetics for K–3 beginning readers, based on four WWC-reviewed studies — related
Sound Partners tutoring has positive effects on the alphabetics of beginning readers in grades K–3 — related
Superkids Reading Program improves kindergarten sound and word reading with an average effect size of +0.23 versus controls — related
Reading Partners tutoring significantly improves reading comprehension for grade 2-4 struggling readers, with a total effect size of +0.10 — related
DaisyQuest outperformed alternative reading software on phonological awareness in at-risk first graders — a narrower finding that bears on this claim

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