Failure Free Reading¶
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Evidence · 3 claims (1 for, 2 against) · 1 study (1 causal),q3· 1 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study
Description¶
Failure Free Reading is a scripted language-development and reading-intervention program for struggling Kindergarten–grade 12 readers, combining teacher instruction, talking software, workbook exercises, and independent reading activities.
Components¶
- Failure Free Reading language development program: Failure Free Reading is a language development program designed to improve vocabulary, fluency, word recognition, and reading comprehension for students in Kindergarten through grade 12 who score in the bottom 15% on standardized tests and have not responded to conventional beginning reading instruction. Its three key dimensions are "repeated exposure to text, predictable sentence structures, and story concepts that require minimal prior knowledge." It combines scripted teacher instruction, talking software, workbook exercises, and independent reading activities, delivered through small group or individual instruction, and includes the reading-neutral Joseph Readers' Talking Software in whic (What Works Clearinghouse (2007))
Claims¶
- Failure Free Reading shows no discernible effects on alphabetics outcomes for beginning readers [-W]
- Failure Free Reading shows no discernible effects on reading fluency [-W]
- Failure Free Reading shows potentially positive effects on reading comprehension [+W]
Related Products and Programmes¶
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Key Sources¶
- What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. (2007). WWC Intervention Report: Failure Free Reading. https://www.failurefreeonline.com/index_parents.php
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Failure Free Reading is a scripted language-development and reading-intervention program for struggling Kindergarten–grade 12 readers, combining teacher instruction, talking software, workbook exercises, and independent reading activities. |
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by process:sweep-kinds on 2026-10-10 |
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