Reading Apprenticeship® showed a statistically significant positive effect on the GRADE reading comprehension subtest for Cohort 2 ninth-grade students¶
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q3 i0 For Cohort 2 students, the study found, and the WWC confirmed, a statistically significant positive effect on the GRADE reading comprehension subtest (effect size 0.14, improvement index +5). → What Works Clearinghouse 2010
Evidence¶
What Works Clearinghouse 2010¶
What Works Clearinghouse. (2010). WWC Intervention Report: Reading Apprenticeship®. U.S. Department of Education, What Works Clearinghouse. http://www.wested.org/ReadingApprenticeship
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Findings from the randomized controlled trial's second cohort (645 intervention and 470 control ninth-graders reading at least two years below grade level), assessed after 7.5 to 9 months. Appendix A3 prints an effect size of 0.14 and an improvement index of +5 for the comprehension subtest. The effect size falls below d = 0.2.
"For Cohort 2 students, the authors did not find statistically significant effects of Reading Apprenticeship ® on the GRADE vocabulary subtest, but found, and the WWC confirmed, a statistically significant positive effect of Reading Apprentice -ship® on the GRADE reading comprehension subtest."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Reading and Language — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Reading Apprenticeship® showed no statistically significant effects on most GRADE outcomes: Cohort 1 comprehension and vocabulary, and Cohort 2 vocabulary — related
- Reading Apprenticeship® shows no effect on vocabulary (effect size 0.00) — related
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Reading Apprenticeship® showed a statistically significant positive effect on the GRADE reading comprehension subtest for Cohort 2 ninth-grade students |
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Reading Apprenticeship® showed a statistically significant positive effect on the GRADE reading comprehension subtest for Cohort 2 ninth-grade students |
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