Reading Apprenticeship® has potentially positive effects on student science achievement in grades 7–9, based on one qualifying study¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q3 · i1 small
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q3 i1 Reading Apprenticeship® improved student science achievement (effect size 0.11, improvement index +4, statistically significant), but the WWC rating is only potentially positive because the assessment rests 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 · i1 · quant-synthesis · r2

WWC synthesis of findings from five studies meeting standards; the science achievement domain rests on one cluster RCT (Somers et al., 2010) of the RAAL package, for 1,151 grade 9 students in 17 schools, with a printed effect size of 0.11 and improvement index +4, significant at p=0.03.

"Summary for science achievement: Potentially positive effects 0.11 +4 Yes (p=0.03)"

Discussion¶

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