PRIMR increased the percentage of pupils meeting the Ministry of Education's oral reading fluency benchmarks after one year¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2014 · checked against its sources 2026-11-01 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? A larger percentage of children met the MOE fluency benchmarks in treatment schools as a result of improved performance. → Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski & Benjamin Piper 2014

Evidence¶

Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski & Benjamin Piper 2014¶

Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski & Benjamin Piper. (2014). Improving Reading Outcomes in Kenya: First-Year Effects of the PRIMR Initiative. SREE Spring 2014 Conference Abstract. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED562806

q3 · i? · causal · r2

DID analysis of the PRIMR RCT reporting benchmark attainment as one of three outcomes; Table 1 prints benchmark estimates ranging from 4.78~ to 21.07** percentage points across grade, school type, and language. The article reports "a larger percentage of children met the Ministry of Education’s fluency benchmarks."

"As a result of the improved performance, a larger percentage of children met the Ministry of Education’s fluency benchmarks (please see Figure 1 in Appendix B)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Reading Fluency — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• The PRIMR literacy intervention had a positive impact on Kenyan pupils' literacy outcomes, including letter sound identification fluency, oral reading fluency, reading comprehension, and the percentage of pupils reading at the Ministry of Education benchmark, though not on all combinations of language, grade, and school type. — a broader claim this one bears on
• The difference between KITS and services-as-usual groups in the percentage of children meeting the PLRS critical literacy score is not statistically significant (61% vs 52%). — related