Enhanced Proactive Reading shows no discernible effects on English language development¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q3 · i0 negligible
Currency · newest study 2006 · checked against its sources 2026-10-18 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i0 Neither study found a statistically significant or substantively important effect on English language development; the domain average effect size was –0.02 and the average improvement index –1 percentile points. → Enhanced Proactive Reading 2006

Evidence¶

Enhanced Proactive Reading 2006¶

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

q3 · i0 · quant-synthesis · r1

WWC synthesis of the English Language Composite (Woodcock Language Proficiency Battery-Revised) in both trials. Effect sizes were –0.17 (Vaughn, Cirino, et al.) and 0.13 (Vaughn, Mathes, et al.), both ns; the domain average effect size was –0.02 and the average improvement index –1 percentile points (range –7 to +5).

"Neither study found a statistically significant or substantively important effect on English language development."

Enhanced Proactive Reading 2006 (2)¶

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

q3 · i0 · causal · r2

Domain-level WWC calculations for English language development across both studies, with a domain average effect size of –0.02. Subscale findings (Picture Vocabulary, Listening Comprehension, Verbal Analogies) were likewise all non-significant in Appendix A4.

"The average improvement index for the English language development domain is –1 percentile points, with a range of –7 to +5 percentile points."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Reading and Language — outcome: instruction changes it
• English-Learner Status — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• In the Vaughn, Cirino, et al. (2006) trial, no reading measure reached statistical significance, but five of seven effect sizes were substantively important — related
• In the Vaughn, Mathes, et al. (2006) trial, Enhanced Proactive Reading students significantly outperformed comparison students on Word Attack and Passage Comprehension — related
• The average improvement index for Arthur in English language development is +11 percentile points, ranging from –5 to +17 across findings — related
• Enhanced Proactive Reading has potentially positive effects on reading achievement for first-grade English language learners at risk for reading problems — related