Data Data file

Impact of the Thinking Reader Software Program on Grade 6 Reading Vocabulary, Comprehension, Strategies, and Motivation

NCEE
Data Owner(s):
Kathryn Drummond Marjorie Chinenn Teresa Garcia Duncan H. Ray Miller Lindsay Fryer Courtney Zmach, Katherine Culp
Data access:
Restricted-use data
Release date:
November 2012
Data weighted:
No
Data part of a series:
No
Publication number:
NCEE 20124036

Summary

For report NCEE 2010-4035 Impact of the Thinking Reader Software Program on Grade 6 Reading Vocabulary, Comprehension, Strategies, and Motivation http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=REL20104035

This data file contains data from a cluster randomized trial examined the impact of the Thinking Reader program on student vocabulary and reading comprehension. The study found no direct causal evidence supporting Thinking Reader's effectiveness. The final analysis included 90 teachers and a minimum of 2,140 students (89% of the overall baseline sample, 90% of the intervention group, and 88% of the control group).