PRIMR's first-year effects on reading comprehension were positive but inconsistent across language, grade, and school type¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2014 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? PRIMR had a positive impact on reading comprehension, though not on all combinations of language, grade, and school type. → Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski & Benjamin Piper 2014 q2 i? Comprehension estimates in Table 1 range from a negative, nonsignificant -4.87 (grade 2 formal English) to significant gains such as 12.00*** (grade 1 nonformal Kiswahili). → Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski & Benjamin Piper 2014 (2)

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

Authors' summary of the DID analysis of the PRIMR RCT covering all three outcome measures; the article states the positive impact came "although not on all combinations of language, grade, and school type."

"The analysis has shown that the first year of PRIMR had a positive impact on the three outcomes of interest—oral reading fluency, the percentage of pupils who read at the MOE’s benchmark, and reading comprehension—although not on all combinations of language, grade, and school type."

Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski & Benjamin Piper 2014 (2)¶

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

Table 1 DID comprehension estimates by grade and school type, copied from the printed table row; several cells are only marginally significant (3.07~, 3.15~) and one is negative and nonsignificant (-4.87).

"Reading comprehension (percentage correct) English % 3.07~ 3.15~ -4.87 9.06* Kiswahili % 5.81* 12.00*** 1.56 9.64*"

Discussion¶

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
• Previous non-longitudinal analyses of the PRIMR dataset reported statistically significant impacts on English and Kiswahili outcomes, with impacts ranging from .3 to .5 standard deviations. — related
• One year of PRIMR produced statistically significant gains in oral reading fluency in grade 1 formal and nonformal schools and grade 2 nonformal schools, in both English and Kiswahili, but not in grade 2 formal schools — related