Sound Partners tutoring has positive effects on the alphabetics of beginning readers in grades K–3¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Across seven studies meeting WWC standards, Sound Partners produced positive effects in the alphabetics domain, with an average improvement index of +21 percentile points. → Sound Partners 2010

Evidence¶

Sound Partners 2010¶

Sound Partners. (2010). WWC Intervention Report: Sound Partners. What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. http://www.wri-edu.org/partners/sound-partners.htm

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

The WWC's synthesis of seven studies (four RCTs meeting standards, three meeting standards with reservations) covering 442 kindergarten and first-grade students reports that "the average improvement index for alphabetics is +21 percentile points across the seven studies."

"The average improvement index for alphabetics is +21 percentile points across the seven studies, with a range of –6 to +39 percentile points across findings."

Discussion¶

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