Ready, Set, Leap!® effects do not persist to kindergarten follow-up on oral language, print knowledge, or math measures¶

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q3 i? In the PCER Consortium (2008) kindergarten follow-up, no oral language, print knowledge, or math measure showed a statistically significant difference between intervention and comparison children. → What Works Clearinghouse 2008

Evidence¶

What Works Clearinghouse 2008¶

What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. (2008). WWC Intervention Report: Ready, Set, Leap!®. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/430

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Kindergarten follow-up tables (Appendices A4.1–A4.3) print effect sizes from –0.12 to 0.04, all marked ns, for PPVT-III, TOLD-P:3, TERA, WJ III subtests, CMA-A, and Shape Composition. Follow-up findings were not included in the effectiveness rating.

"This appendix presents follow-up findings from spring of the kindergarten year for measures that fall in the oral language domain."

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