Rapid Phonics showed no detectable effect on single word reading and no summer fall-back in word reading¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? The SWRT single word reading outcome showed g = 0.01 (-0.37, 0.40) under intention to treat, and repeated SWRT administration found no decline in word reading scores after the summer break. → King 2015

Evidence¶

King 2015¶

King, B., & Kasim, A. (2015). Rapid Phonics Evaluation Report and Executive Summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED581293

q3 · i? · causal · r2

SWRT was administered four times (April 2013, July 2013, September 2013, December 2013) to monitor summer fall-back. Intervention means rose from 82.51 in July to 85.48 in September and control from 81.67 to 86.22; these did not constitute significant differences.

"The SWRT did not detect any impact of the intervention, either in intention to treat , or in those who actually received the intervention compared to those who did not, neither did it find any decline in word reading scores after the summer break."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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