Reading Recovery has potentially positive effects on comprehension, with mixed findings across two trials¶
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q3 i? Two RCTs reported findings in the comprehension domain—one statistically significant positive effect (vocabulary) and one indeterminate effect—with an average improvement index of +14 percentile points. → Reading Recovery® 2013
Evidence¶
Reading Recovery® 2013¶
Reading Recovery®. (2013). What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report, Beginning Reading. Updated July 2013. http://www.readingrecovery.org
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In the vocabulary development construct, the 1988 RCT showed a positive and statistically significant effect on the Reading Vocabulary subtest of the CTBS. Table 1 reports an average comprehension improvement index of "+14" (range +6 to +26) across two studies (145 students); no standardized effect size is printed, so impact is null.
"Pinnell, DeFord, & Lyons (1988) found, and the WWC confirmed, a positive and statistically significant effect of Reading Recovery® on the Reading Vocabulary subtest of the CTBS."
Reading Recovery® 2013 (2)¶
Reading Recovery®. (2013). What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report, Beginning Reading. Updated July 2013. http://www.readingrecovery.org
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A null reading comprehension result: the 2005 RCT found no statistically significant or substantively important effect on the Degrees of Reading Power Test; equivalence was not established, only no detected effect.
"Schwartz (2005) reported neither a statistically significant nor a substantively important effect of Reading Recovery® on the Degrees of Reading Power Test."
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Related Claims¶
- Comprehension domain: one study found a substantively important positive effect and one an indeterminate effect — related
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- Reading Recovery has potentially positive effects on reading fluency, from a single randomized trial — related
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Reading Recovery has potentially positive effects on comprehension, with mixed findings across two trials |
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Reading Recovery has potentially positive effects on comprehension, with mixed findings across two trials |
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