ERIC Number: EJ782058
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 31
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
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Final Reading Outcomes of the National Randomized Field Trial of Success for All
Borman, Geoffrey D.; Slavin, Robert E.; Cheung, Alan C. K.; Chamberlain, Anne M.; Madden, Nancy A.; Chambers, Bette
American Educational Research Journal, v44 n3 p701-731 2007
Using a cluster randomization design, schools were randomly assigned to implement Success for All, a comprehensive reading reform model, or control methods. This article reports final literacy outcomes for a 3-year longitudinal sample of children who participated in the treatment or control condition from kindergarten through second grade and a combined longitudinal and in-mover student sample, both of which were nested within 35 schools. Hierarchical linear model analyses of all three outcomes for both samples revealed statistically significant school-level effects of treatment assignment as large as one third of a standard deviation. The results correspond with the Success for All program theory, which emphasizes both comprehensive school-level reform and targeted student-level achievement effects through a multi-year sequencing of literacy instruction. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Literacy, Grade 2, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Literacy Education, Research Design, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Reading Achievement, Control Groups, Intervention, Pretests Posttests, Effect Size
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 1; Grade 2; Kindergarten
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Woodcock Reading Mastery Test
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