Ready, Set, Leap!® has no significant effect on preschool phonological processing (domain average effect size 0.06)¶
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q3 i0 Neither RCT found a statistically significant effect on phonological processing, despite the RMC study's within-study average effect size of 0.21, because no individual finding was statistically significant. → 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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Phonological processing findings from two RCTs. Appendix A3.3 prints RMC effect sizes of 0.28, 0.20, and 0.15 (all ns) and PCER –0.09 (ns); the cross-study domain average is 0.06 with improvement index +2 percentile points.
"PCER Consortium (2008) reported no significant effect of Ready, Set, Leap!® as measured by the Preschool Comprehensive Test of Phonological and Print Processing, (Pre-CTOPPP) Elision subtest."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Phonological Awareness — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
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Ready, Set, Leap!® has no significant effect on preschool phonological processing (domain average effect size 0.06) |
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Ready, Set, Leap!® has no significant effect on preschool phonological processing (domain average effect size 0.06) |
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