Reading Recovery improves writing conventions three years after the intervention, but the effect is significant only against one of the two comparison groups¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Reading Recovery showed promising evidence of improving writing conventions skills three years after implementation, though one comparison was not statistically significant. → wc-1

Evidence¶

wc-1¶

What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2023, June). Reading Recovery® Intervention Report | English Language Arts Topic Area. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/730

q2 · i? · causal · r2

WWC synthesis of Burroughs-Lange & Douëtil (2007) National Curriculum Assessment writing results three years after implementation, in UK Year 4. The report rates the domain as "potentially positive effects" overall, based on a summary of two comparison-group findings.

"One study provides promising evidence that Reading Recovery® improved students’ skills in writing conventions. This assessment is based on one study that meets WWC standards and includes fewer than 350 students."

Discussion¶

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