Reading Recovery shows strong ESSA evidence of positive effects on general literacy achievement and moderate evidence on academic dispositions for grade 1 students¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Reading Recovery had strong evidence of positive effects for general literacy achievement and moderate evidence of positive effects for academic dispositions, with strong-evidence improvement indices up to +26. → Porowski 2024

Evidence¶

Porowski 2024¶

Porowski, A., Tamang, S., Westall, J., Brown, K., & Bogia, M. (2024). Evidence and gap map of Tier 2 literacy interventions for grades K–3 in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (REL 2025–007). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific. https://ies.ed.gov/use-work/resource-library/reports/

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Systematic review using WWC 5.0 standards reports Reading Recovery, a one-on-one grade 1 tutoring intervention delivered in "30- minute, one- on-one sessions over 12–20 weeks", met strong ESSA evidence for literacy achievement; the EGM shows an improvement index of +26 for literacy achievement and +27 for academic dispositions (moderate).

"Reading Recovery had strong evidence of positive effects for general literacy achievement and moderate evidence of positive effects for academic dispositions, which included an outcome from one study that measured students’ attitudes toward reading and literacy."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Academic and Critical Literacy — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Reading Recovery has positive effects on general reading achievement for beginning readers, based on three randomized controlled trials — related
• Reading Recovery positively impacts grade 1 literacy achievement immediately after the intervention, with moderate evidence from one randomized controlled trial — related
• Reading Recovery has potentially positive effects on reading fluency, from a single randomized trial — related
• Literacy First shows strong ESSA evidence of positive effects in phonics and related alphabetics, reading fluency, and reading comprehension for grades K–2 — related
• Reading Recovery improves receptive communication skills immediately after the intervention, with promising evidence from one small quasi-experimental study — related