Despite an average of 94 well-implemented intervention sessions, students remained about one standard deviation below national norms in reading comprehension with low vocabulary¶

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q3 i? After participating in an average of 94 small-group intervention sessions, students' spring reading comprehension remained roughly one SD below norms, with negligible change in word reading. → Al Otaiba 2018

Evidence¶

Al Otaiba 2018¶

Al Otaiba, S., Petscher, Y., Wanzek, J., Lan, P., & Rivas, B. (2018). I'm not throwing away my shot: What Alexander Hamilton can tell us about standard reading interventions. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 33(3), 156–167. https://doi.org/10.1111/ldrp.12179

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Descriptive comparison of spring standard scores to national norms for the treatment sample. The article reports students "remained a standard deviation behind national norms in reading comprehension" (spring WJ-III PC M = 85.94, SD = 8.27).

"Furthermore, by the end of the present study, despite having participated in an average of 94 well-implemented small- group intervention sessions, students remained a standard deviation behind national norms in reading comprehension, with commensurately low vocabulary."

Discussion¶

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