Passport to Literacy showed no significant effects on word reading, decoding, or oral reading fluency outcomes¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2016 · checked against its sources 2026-11-02 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? No significant findings were observed for word reading or fluency outcomes (Hedge's g range = 0.04 to 0.07), and no significant effect for WJIII passage comprehension (g = 0.14). → Wanzek et al. 2016

Evidence¶

Wanzek et al. 2016¶

Jeanne Wanzek, Yaacov Petscher, Stephanie Al Otaiba, Shawn C. Kent, Christopher Schatschneider, Martha Haynes, Brenna K. Rivas, Francesca G. Jones. (2016). Examining the Average and Local Effects of a Standardized Treatment for Fourth Graders with Reading Difficulties. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED577133

q3 · i? · causal · r3

Primary impact analyses in the same partially nested RCT used mixed models with pretest covariates and false-discovery-rate correction across seven outcome tests. Word reading and fluency effects were near zero; a second quote reports "No significant effect was observed for WJIII passage comprehension (g = 0.14)."

"No significant findings were observed for any of the word reading or fluency outcomes (Hedge's g range = 0.04 to 0.07)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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

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