Reading Apprenticeship® has potentially positive effects on grade point average in core subjects, based on one qualifying study¶
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q3 i0 Reading Apprenticeship® improved student grade point average (effect size 0.07, improvement index +3, statistically significant at p=0.02), with a WWC rating of potentially positive effects based on a single study. → What Works Clearinghouse 2023
Evidence¶
What Works Clearinghouse 2023¶
What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2023). Reading Apprenticeship®. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/727
q3 · i0 · quant-synthesis · r1
WWC synthesis row for the academic achievement domain, from one RCT (Somers et al., 2010) of the RAAL curriculum with 2,563 grade 9 students in 17 schools; the printed effect size is 0.07 and improvement index +3.
"Summary for academic achievement: Potentially positive effects 0.07 +3 Yes (p=0.02)"
Discussion¶
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Reading Apprenticeship® has potentially positive effects on grade point average in core subjects, based on one qualifying study |
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Reading Apprenticeship® has potentially positive effects on grade point average in core subjects, based on one qualifying study |
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