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An Efficacy Study of READ180: A Print and Electronic Adaptive Intervention Program Grades 4 and Above
K-12 - Quantitative Research; Sponsored by the Council of Great City Schools. Conducted by Interactive, Inc.
This quasi-experimental study examines the effects on reading achievement of Scholastic Inc.'s READ 180, a print and electronic adaptive intervention program for grades 4 and above. For this study, the Council for Great City Schools helped identify seven different school districts with low-performing middle school students for the 2000/2001 school year. For all READ 180 students in three districts- Boston, Houston, and Dallas-that provided test scores, the difference in growth on the SAT-9 between the treatment and control groups is statistically significant in favor of the students in the READ 180. In Columbus, the difference is also statistically significant and in favor of the students in the READ 180 classes. The differences in growth in Columbus rise to the level of considerable educational significance. Each school established two READ 180 classrooms to serve a total of 120 students (four classes of 15 students in each of the two classrooms). The lowest 320 students were randomly assigned to a READ 180 class or the control group, but no students with a reading grade equivalent lower than 1.5 were to be placed in READ 180 classes.
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