Reading Recovery shows uncertain effects on general academic achievement ten years after the intervention¶
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q2 i0 Ten years after implementation, the research does not support claims that Reading Recovery improved general academic achievement; the average effect was not statistically significant. → lt-1
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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
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WWC synthesis of the General Certificate of Secondary Education composite measure ten years after implementation in Burroughs-Lange & Douëtil (2007), with 222 students versus schools with no Reading Recovery and 133 versus Reading Recovery schools. The report states "the research does not support claims" of improvement.
"The research does not support claims that Reading Recovery® improved student academic achievement. This assessment is based on one study that meets WWC standards."
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Reading Recovery shows uncertain effects on general academic achievement ten years after the intervention |
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Reading Recovery shows uncertain effects on general academic achievement ten years after the intervention |
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