All five studies of Fast ForWord in the general literacy achievement domain showed indeterminate effects¶
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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesisr2·q3
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q3 i? Across five studies, no statistically significant or substantively important effects of Fast ForWord were found on general literacy achievement measures. → Fast ForWord® 2010
Evidence¶
Fast ForWord® 2010¶
Fast ForWord®. (2010). WWC Intervention Report: Fast ForWord®, Adolescent Literacy. What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/173
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The WWC synthesis covering measures including the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, Terra Nova Language test, and Language Measure of Academic Progress. The report states "all five studies showed indeterminate effects."
"For the general literacy achievement domain, all five studies showed indeterminate effects."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Both studies of Fast ForWord in the alphabetics domain showed indeterminate effects, with no statistically significant or substantively important effects — related
- In the comprehension domain, one study of Fast ForWord showed statistically significant positive effects, two showed substantively important positive effects, and three showed indeterminate effects — related
- Fast ForWord Language shows no discernible effects on reading achievement of elementary school English language learners — related
- Comprehension domain: one study found a substantively important positive effect and one an indeterminate effect — related
- Fast ForWord has no discernible effects on alphabetics and general literacy achievement and potentially positive effects on reading fluency and comprehension for adolescent learners — related
- Of 305 studies of Fast ForWord reviewed for adolescent learners, two met WWC evidence standards, six met standards with reservations, and 297 met neither — related
- Fast ForWord Language has potentially positive effects on English language development of elementary school English language learners — related
- The extent of evidence for Fast ForWord is small for alphabetics and reading fluency and medium to large for comprehension and general literacy achievement — related
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All five studies of Fast ForWord in the general literacy achievement domain showed indeterminate effects |
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All five studies of Fast ForWord in the general literacy achievement domain showed indeterminate effects |
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2010 |
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