IMSE's OG+ improves early literacy outcomes in grades K–3, with effect sizes of +0.33 and +0.21 across two quasi-experimental studies¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r? · q2 · i1 small
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i1 Kindergarten and first-grade students in IMSE OG+ classrooms made significantly greater gains on NWEA MAP Reading than peers, with an overall effect size of +0.33. → IMSE's OG+ (Evidence Rating: Moderate) 2023 q2 i1 First- through third-grade students taught by OG+-trained teachers showed greater oral reading fluency gains from fall to spring than matched peers, with an effect size of +0.21. → IMSE's OG+ (Evidence Rating: Moderate) 2023 (2)

Evidence¶

IMSE's OG+ (Evidence Rating: Moderate) 2023¶

IMSE's OG+ (Evidence Rating: Moderate). (2023). https://www.imse.com

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Quasi-experimental study during the 2022–2023 school year in a large Midwestern district analyzing NWEA MAP Reading scores for 397 kindergarten and first-grade students, finding "significantly greater gains than their peers, with an overall effect size of +0.33."

"Students in IMSE OG+ classrooms made significantly greater gains than their peers, with an overall effect size of +0.33."

IMSE's OG+ (Evidence Rating: Moderate) 2023 (2)¶

IMSE's OG+ (Evidence Rating: Moderate). (2023). https://www.imse.com

q2 · i1 · causal · r?

Quasi-experimental study during the 2021–2022 school year in Ohio comparing aimswebPlus oral reading fluency growth among over 1,000 1st-3rd grade students taught by OG+-trained teachers and matched peers in similar schools; "greater fluency gains from fall to spring (effect size = +0.21)."

"Students in the treatment group showed greater fluency gains from fall to spring (effect size = +0.21)."

Discussion¶

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