Failure Free Reading shows no discernible effects on reading fluency¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2007 · checked against its sources 2026-10-18 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? In the single qualifying randomized controlled trial, Failure Free Reading showed no statistically significant effect on oral reading fluency, with a domain average effect size of 0.05. → What Works Clearinghouse 2007

Evidence¶

What Works Clearinghouse 2007¶

What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. (2007). WWC Intervention Report: Failure Free Reading. https://www.failurefreeonline.com/index_parents.php

q3 · i? · causal · r2

The WWC summary of the Torgesen et al. (2006) randomized controlled trial reports the single fluency outcome (Oral Reading Fluency, words correct per minute) with an effect size of 0.05, not statistically significant, and an improvement index of +2 percentile points for the 93 third-grade students.

"Torgesen et al. (2006) examined one outcome in this domain (the Oral Reading Fluency test) and reported no statistically significant effect for this outcome. The effect size not large enough to be considered substantively important."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Reading and Language — outcome: instruction changes it
• Reading Fluency — outcome: instruction changes it

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