Early literacy intervention reduced the proportion of nonresponders to 7.05% versus 25.35% among controls¶
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q3 i? Among 227 intervention students, 7.05% were nonresponders, compared with 25.35% of 71 control students. → Al Otaiba 2006
q3 i? Among children with IEPs, 26.67% of intervention students were nonresponsive versus 66.76% of controls. → Al Otaiba 2006 (2)
Evidence¶
Al Otaiba 2006¶
Al Otaiba, S., & Fuchs, D. (2006). Who Are the Young Children for Whom Best Practices in Reading Are Ineffective? An Experimental and Longitudinal Study. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 39(5), 414-431. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00222194060390050401
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Percentage analysis of nonresponders among students in the earlier randomized study who received kindergarten-only, first-grade-only, or both years of intervention versus typical classroom instruction. Only one nonresponder had received K-PALS plus Ladders, and she had special needs and an IEP.
"In the earlier study, 227 students received intervention for 1 or 2 years, and 7.05% (n = 16) were nonresponders. In contrast, of 71 control students, 25.35% (n = 18) were nonresponders."
Al Otaiba 2006 (2)¶
Al Otaiba, S., & Fuchs, D. (2006). Who Are the Young Children for Whom Best Practices in Reading Are Ineffective? An Experimental and Longitudinal Study. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 39(5), 414-431. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00222194060390050401
q3 · i? · causal · r2
Subgroup analysis of children with IEPs in the earlier study, comparing nonresponsiveness rates between intervention and control conditions. The authors interpret this as showing children with reading disabilities may need instruction more intensive than mainstream best practices offer.
"Of all the students with IEPs in the earlier study, 26.67% of intervention children were nonresponsive, compared to 66.76% of control students."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Nonresponsiveness to kindergarten intervention is persistent and predicts school-identified reading problems through third grade
- For first-grade nonresponders, PALS showed no statistically significant effects on seven alphabetics outcomes compared with adult tutoring
- For first-grade nonresponders, PALS showed a substantively important negative (but statistically non-significant) effect on reading comprehension versus adult tutoring
- Peer-Assisted Literacy Strategies showed a substantively important positive (but statistically non-significant) effect on WRMT-R Passage Comprehension for first graders
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Early literacy intervention reduced the proportion of nonresponders to 7.05% versus 25.35% among controls |
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Early literacy intervention reduced the proportion of nonresponders to 7.05% versus 25.35% among controls |
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2006 |
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2 — al-otaiba-2006, al-otaiba-2006-2 |
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