| Title: | WWC Quick Review of the Report "Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions: Impacts on a First Cohort of Fifth-Grade Students" |
| Description: | The study examined the effects of four supplemental reading comprehension curricula: (1) Project CRISS (CReating Independence through Student-owned Strategies), (2) ReadAbout, (3) Read for Real, and (4) Reading for Knowledge. The study included over 5,500 fifth-grade students attending 89 schools in 10 high-poverty school districts. Within each of the 10 districts, schools were randomly assigned to one of four intervention groups that received one of the supplemental curricula or to a control group that received no supplemental curriculum. Student achievement was measured using two reading comprehension assessments: the Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation (GRADE) and a social studies or science reading comprehension assessment developed for the study by the Educational Testing Service. Researchers also combined these scores into a composite test score. |
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| Cover Date: | February 2010 |
| Web Release: | February 17, 2010 |
| Print Release: | February 17, 2010 |
| Publication #: | WWC QRES0210 General Ordering Information |
| Center/Program: | WWC |
| Authors: | WWC |
| Type of Product: | Quick Review |
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