Fluency interventions for older students show very small effects on rate and accuracy and virtually no effect on standardized comprehension¶

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q3 i? The Scammacca et al. (2007) review found fluency interventions had a very small effect on reading rate and accuracy (g = .26) and virtually no effect on standardized comprehension (g = −.07). → Roberts 2008

Evidence¶

Roberts 2008¶

Roberts, G., Torgesen, J. K., Boardman, A., & Scammacca, N. (2008). Evidence-Based Strategies for Reading Instruction of Older Students with Learning Disabilities. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 23(2), 63–69. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5826.2008.00264.x

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Meta-analytic review of fluency interventions for older students, based almost exclusively on repeated oral reading; reports g = .26 for rate/accuracy and g = −.07 for standardized comprehension.

"The Scammacca et al. (2007) review of this research found that the fluency interventions examined for older students had a very small effect on students' improved reading rate and accuracy (g = .26, n = 4, 95 per- cent CI =− .08, .61) and virtually no effect on standardized measures of reading comprehension (g =− .07, n = 2, 95 percent CI =− .54, .39)."

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