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Description

A supplemental, multicomponent reading intervention for struggling middle-school readers, developed by the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) and delivered through thematic units during the school day.

Components

  • Strategic Adolescent Reading Intervention (STARI): STARI is a supplemental, multicomponent reading intervention for middle school students who struggle with reading. It "incorporates components essential for skilled reading (e.g., decoding, fluency) while also teaching meaning-making strategies important for comprehension," and is organized into thematic units of relevance to young adolescents. It was evaluated in a randomized study in 8 Title 1 schools, taught during an elective or whole-school intervention period three to five periods per week for the entire school year, and requires no student technology. (Strategic Adolescent Reading Intervention (STARI) program evidence summary (2024))
  • Four types of peer collaboration embedded in a reading intervention: STARI was designed to promote social interactions that foster student engagement, structuring peer collaboration in four recurring formats across its units. The program "uses four types of peer collaboration: partner-assisted fluency practice, reciprocal teaching of comprehension strategies, partner reading and responding to novels and nonfiction texts, and peer debate, in which teams gather text evidence and build arguments." Peer contexts also push students to articulate personal stances on texts and compare them with partners or classmates. (Strategic Adolescent Reading Intervention (STARI) program evidence summary (2024))

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Key Sources

  • Strategic Adolescent Reading Intervention (STARI) program evidence summary. (2024). Evidence for ESSA. https://evidenceforessa.org/program/strategic-adolescent-reading-intervention-stari/
  • Strategic Adolescent Reading Intervention (STARI) program evidence summary. (2024). Evidence for ESSA. https://www.evidenceforessa.org
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title STARI
description A supplemental, multicomponent reading intervention for struggling middle-school readers, developed by the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) and delivered through thematic units during the school day.
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