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Frechtling, Joy A.; Zhang, Xiaodong; Silverstein, Gary – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2006
The evaluation of the Voyager Universal Literacy System[R] was designed to provide a rigorous assessment of the effectiveness of the program with beginning readers. Using a quasi-experimental design, researchers conducted a systematic evaluation of changes in 398 kindergarten students' command of early reading skills in 4 Voyager and 4 comparison…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Kindergarten, Urban Schools, Early Reading
Powers, Stephen; Price-Johnson, Connie – Online Submission, 2006
Background: The Waterford Early Reading Program (WERP), a technology-based program for early elementary grades, was provided through Arizona all day kindergarten funds to kindergarten students in 15 Title I elementary schools in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) in the 2005-06 school year. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests