ERIC Number: ED561238
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Nov
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
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Successmaker®. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report. Updated November 2015
What Works Clearinghouse
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) has updated its 2009 intervention report for SuccessMaker®, a set of computer-based courses designed to supplement regular K-8 reading instruction. The program is designed to improve skills in areas such as concepts of print, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, grammar, and spelling. Since the last WWC intervention report, there have been 34 new studies, one of which meets WWC group design standards without reservations. Based on the evidence now available, SuccessMaker® shows no discernible effects on comprehension and reading fluency for adolescent readers. Appended are: (1) Research details for Gatti (2011); (2) Outcome measures for each domain; (3) Findings included in the rating for the comprehension and reading fluency domains; and (4) Description of supplemental findings for the comprehension and fluency domains.
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Literacy, Reading Achievement, Educational Research, Instructional Effectiveness, Phonological Awareness, Phonics, Reading Skills, Integrated Learning Systems, Computer Software, Adolescents, Vocabulary Skills, Grammar, Spelling, Language Arts, Grade 5, Grade 7, Program Evaluation
What Works Clearinghouse. 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024; e-mail: contact.WWC@ed.gov; Web site: https://whatworks.ed.gov/
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: What Works Clearinghouse (ED); Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Identifiers - Location: Arizona; California; Indiana; Kansas; Michigan; Missouri; Texas
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: EDIES13C0010
IES Publication: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/interventionreport.aspx?sid=502