ERIC Number: EJ1214295
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
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Reading Rescue: A Follow-Up on Effectiveness of an Intervention for Struggling Readers
Pace Miles, Katharine; Lauterbach, Mark D.; Murano, Dana M.; Dembek, Ginny A.
Journal of Educational Research, v112 n2 p255-269 2019
The authors examined whether Reading Rescue continues to be an effective literacy intervention and factors that impact its effectiveness. Data were collected on 143 first-grade students, tutored by 104 tutors at 38 schools. There was significant growth on all foundational skills (ps < 0.001) and significant change in proportion of students attaining grade-level reading status pre- and postintervention (ps < 0.001; d = 1.62 sight words, d = 1.68 oral reading/comprehension). Student-level factors of Individualized Education Program status, program completion, number of session, and invented spelling; tutor-level factors of sessions delivered and years of experience; school level factors of school size and percentage of language minority students all predicted grade-level passage or word reading (all ps < 0.05). Findings indicate Reading Rescue continues to be highly effective, even while expanding substantially as a program since Ehri et al.'s (2007) study. Efforts should focus on ensuring program completion and increasing program exposure in neediest schools.
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Reading Difficulties, Emergent Literacy, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Tutors, Predictor Variables, At Risk Students, Early Intervention, Evidence Based Practice, National Competency Tests, Reading Achievement, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Sight Method, Reading Comprehension, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Instructional Program Divisions, Individualized Education Programs, Limited English Speaking, Reading Tests, Lesson Plans, Oral Reading
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 1; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress
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