Students in the TEC Summer Learning Program showed a 17% pre-to-post gain in phonics skills¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Students showed a 17% gain in phonics skills from pre- to post-assessment. → McCarthy 2011

Evidence¶

McCarthy 2011¶

McCarthy, B., Michel, L., Tiu, M., Atienza, S., Rice, J., Nakamoto, J., & Tafoya, A. (2011). Evaluation of The Electric Company Summer Learning Program. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED533408

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Findings section reports the phonics outcome (Exhibit 14 phonics items from the student survey) measured pre and post: "a 17% gain in their phonics skills from pre- to post-assessment." No effect size is printed.

"Students showed a 17% gain in their phonics skills from pre- to post-assessment."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Decoding — outcome: instruction changes it

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