Implementation and impact of the targeted and whole school interventions, summary of Year 4 (2009-2010): San Diego United School District, California.
Hofstetter, C. H., Strick, B., Der-Martirosian, C., Ong-Dean, C., Long, P., & Lou, Y. Y. (2011). Report submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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examining9,572Students, grades7-12
IES Performance Measure
Review Details
Reviewed: January 2023
- IES Performance Measure (findings for Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC))
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Meets WWC standards without reservations because it is a randomized controlled trial with low attrition.
This review may not reflect the full body of research evidence for this intervention.
Evidence Tier rating based solely on this study. This intervention may achieve a higher tier when combined with the full body of evidence.
Findings
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Outcome measure |
Comparison | Period | Sample |
Intervention mean |
Comparison mean |
Significant? |
Improvement index |
Evidence tier |
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California Standards Test English Language Arts (CST-ELA) |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Students receiving one year dosage;
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N/A |
304.42 |
No |
-- | ||
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California Standards Test English Language Arts (CST-ELA) |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Middle school students receiving two years of dosage;
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N/A |
312.98 |
No |
-- | ||
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California Standards Test English Language Arts (CST-ELA) |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
ELLs receiving two years dosage;
|
N/A |
299.18 |
No |
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California Standards Test English Language Arts (CST-ELA) |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
High school students receiving one year of dosage;
|
N/A |
303.99 |
No |
-- | ||
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California Standards Test English Language Arts (CST-ELA) |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
ELLs receiving one year dosage;
|
N/A |
292.14 |
No |
-- | ||
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California Standards Test English Language Arts (CST-ELA) |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Middle school students receiving three years of dosage;
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N/A |
325.56 |
No |
-- | ||
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California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE) |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Students receiving three years dosage and in the grades in which they take this test;
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353.26 |
353.12 |
No |
-- | ||
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California Standards Test English Language Arts (CST-ELA) |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Students receiving two years dosage;
|
N/A |
307.67 |
No |
-- | ||
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California Standards Test English Language Arts (CST-ELA) |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Students receiving three years dosage;
|
N/A |
312.66 |
No |
-- | ||
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California Standards Test English Language Arts (CST-ELA) |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
High school students receiving two years of dosage;
|
N/A |
301.49 |
No |
-- | ||
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California Standards Test English Language Arts (CST-ELA) |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
ELLs receiving three years dosage;
|
N/A |
305.04 |
No |
-- | ||
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California Standards Test English Language Arts (CST-ELA) |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
High school students receiving three years of dosage;
|
N/A |
295.23 |
No |
-- | ||
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California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE) |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Students receiving two years dosage and in the grades in which they take this test;
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359.58 |
360.51 |
No |
-- | ||
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California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE) |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
ELLs receiving two years dosage and in the grades in which they take this test;
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348.34 |
344.14 |
No |
-- | ||
| Show Supplemental Findings | |||||||||
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California Standards Test English Language Arts (CST-ELA) |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Middle school students receiving one year of dosage;
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N/A |
304.74 |
No |
-- | ||
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Outcome measure |
Comparison | Period | Sample |
Intervention mean |
Comparison mean |
Significant? |
Improvement index |
Evidence tier |
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Degrees of Reading Power |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Middle school students receiving one year of dosage;
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N/A |
40.96 |
No |
-- | ||
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Degrees of Reading Power |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
ELLs receiving two years dosage;
|
N/A |
43.47 |
No |
-- | ||
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Degrees of Reading Power |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Students receiving one year dosage;
|
N/A |
42.98 |
No |
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|
|
Degrees of Reading Power |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Students receiving two years dosage;
|
N/A |
48.29 |
No |
-- | ||
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Degrees of Reading Power |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Middle school students receiving two years of dosage;
|
N/A |
45.81 |
No |
-- | ||
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Degrees of Reading Power |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
High school students receiving one year of dosage;
|
N/A |
47.57 |
No |
-- | ||
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Degrees of Reading Power |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Students receiving three years dosage;
|
N/A |
50.87 |
No |
-- | ||
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Degrees of Reading Power |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
ELLs receiving one year dosage;
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N/A |
38.96 |
No |
-- | ||
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Degrees of Reading Power |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
ELLs receiving three years dosage;
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N/A |
47.18 |
No |
-- | ||
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Degrees of Reading Power |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Middle school students receiving three years of dosage;
|
N/A |
51.00 |
No |
-- | ||
| Show Supplemental Findings | |||||||||
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Degrees of Reading Power |
Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
High school students receiving two years of dosage;
|
N/A |
51.35 |
No |
-- | ||
Evidence Tier rating based solely on this study. This intervention may achieve a higher tier when combined with the full body of evidence.
Sample Characteristics
Characteristics of study sample as reported by study author.
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Ethnicity Hispanic 47%
Study Details
Setting
The sample included middle and high school students that were enrolled in 8 schools in the San Diego Unified School District. These schools included 4 clusters of one high school and one middle school. Students were in seventh through tenth grades when the study began (and grades 7-12 during the evaluation period). A total of 5 school participated in year 1 and 8 schools participated in years 2-4.
Study sample
Information on the students in the evaluation is not provided. However, students in these schools are characterized as largely socio-economically disadvantaged (74-100% received free or reduced-price lunch across schools) with high percentages of English learners (12-44%). 7-19% of students had a disability across schools. Students had the following racial composition: 12% African American, 26% White, 47% Hispanic, 6% Indochinese, 3% Asian, and 3% Filipino.
Intervention Group
The SLIC Targeted Initiative occurred in schools receiving SLIC Whole School. Students in the targeted initiative group participated in a targeted SLIC class. In this class, students are given instruction on text features and the use of these features to rapidly understand a passage. They are also instructed in other strategic reading behaviors including cross-checking, note-making, and using contextual clues to understand vocabulary. Once randomized into this group, students remain classified as intervention students; however, the intervention stops when students can no longer be classified as struggling readers. Students in both groups received SLIC Whole School. For this intervention, all content-area teachers were offered professional development in the Strategies for Literacy Independence across the Curriculum (SLIC) model, developed by Trevor McDonald and Christina Thornley. Participation was generally voluntary and the percentage teachers participating, as well as the content-areas that received the most support, varied across schools. A SLIC coach was assigned to each school to provide professional development and one-on-one support to teachers and school leadership. With the support of SLIC developers, SLIC coaches provided content-area teachers with professional development based on a set of literacy strategies developed to enhance reading and writing skills such as strategic reading behaviors, increasing interaction with text, previewing texts, note taking, reading complex texts and writing for academic purposes. SLIC coaches support teachers through observation and providing feedback, collaborative planning, coaching, and review of student work. Authors expected participating teachers to participate in approximately 27 hours of professional development over the course of a year.
Comparison Group
Experiences for students in the control group varied across schools in the study. Most often students took elective classes however in some schools control students were exposed to a literacy intervention or supplemental ELA support. Students also received SLIC Whole School (see above). Thus, this evaluation considers the impact of SLIC Targeted Initiative over and above SLIC Whole School.
Support for implementation
SLIC coaches support teachers through observation and providing feedback, collaborative planning, coaching, and review of student work. Authors expected participating teachers to participate in approximately 27 hours of professional development over the course of a year.
IES Performance Measure
Review Details
Reviewed: March 2016
- IES Performance Measure
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Meets WWC standards without reservations
This review may not reflect the full body of research evidence for this intervention.
Evidence Tier rating based solely on this study. This intervention may achieve a higher tier when combined with the full body of evidence.
Findings
Evidence Tier rating based solely on this study. This intervention may achieve a higher tier when combined with the full body of evidence.
Sample Characteristics
Study sample characteristics were not reported.An indicator of the effect of the intervention, the improvement index can be interpreted as the expected change in percentile rank for an average comparison group student if that student had received the intervention.
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