ERIC Number: EJ1279376
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 10
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Ongoing Practice Opportunities as a Method for Maintaining Reading Intervention Effects
Nelson, Peter M.; Klingbeil, David A.; Van Norman, Ethan R.
School Psychology Review, v49 n3 p212-221 2020
This study evaluated the impact of a low-intensity strategy designed to facilitate maintenance of reading skill gains made during Tier 2 intervention. A subsample of kindergarten, second grade, and third grade students who exited from a standard protocol Tier 2 intervention (n = 168) continued to receive brief (2-3 min), weekly opportunities to practice intervention targets with feedback on performance. Propensity scores were used to create an appropriate counterfactual (i.e., students who exited the program but did not participate in postexit practice sessions) using nearest neighbor matching (n = 168). Across all grades, students who engaged in weekly practice opportunities with feedback after exiting the intervention had a higher probability of meeting the end-of-year benchmark relative to students who did not participate in the ongoing practice condition. Results suggest that providing brief opportunities for students to practice key reading skills via typical progress monitoring procedures may be a beneficial maintenance strategy for students exiting Tier 2 support.
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Reading Skills, Maintenance, Kindergarten, Grade 2, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Drills (Practice), Feedback (Response), Progress Monitoring, Reading Fluency, Phonological Awareness, Curriculum Based Assessment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Grade 2; Grade 3
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Minnesota
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