This article presents results from three studies that examined the impact of administrative decisions and implementation fidelity to on student achievement within schools implementing DI programs. Results ...
This updated meta-analysis synthesized the results of 328 studies on the effectiveness of Direct Instruction, spanning 50 years (1966-2016). Results were consistent with conclusions of previous meta-analyses ...
In this report Stockard analyzes the conclusions of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) on the effectiveness of Direct Instruction, specifically examining the strong differences between their review of ...
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is a federally funded program established in 2002 that evaluates educational interventions and publishes reports and summary ratings. The reports have received extensive ...
In response to a recent report published by the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) on the effectiveness of the Direct Instruction program Reading Mastery with students with learning disabilities, Stockard ...
This study compared the effect of implicit (Extensive Reading), explicit (Corrective
Reading), and a combination of the two approaches on the reading achievement of 198 adults
reading at the third to ...
Reviews of research on rural education suggest that identifying ways to help rural schools improve teachers’ pedagogical skills should be a high priority. This article addresses this issue by examining ...
This study examined the effect of two reading programs on the reading achievement of elementary students. Students were selected from grades K-2 at a Florida elementary school and randomly assigned to ...
This study uses published, aggregated data on the results of implementations of Reading Mastery to show how school assessment data, such as that mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), can be ...
... Skills (DIBELS) and the Woodcock Reading Mastery Test were administered to all students for pre- and posttest measures. Results indicate that students in the experimental groups that received small-group ...
This study examined the effect of exposure to Reading Mastery (RM) in kindergarten on the growth of reading skills through the primary grades. The study used a cohort control group design, comparing cohorts ...
This study examined the effect of exposure to Reading Mastery (RM) in kindergarten on the growth of reading skills through the primary grades. The study used a cohort control group design, comparing cohorts ...
This study compared the effect of two reading programs (Reading Mastery Signature Edition, Scott Foresman’s Celebrate Reading) on the reading comprehension and fluency of fourth grade students. Fifty two ...
This study investigated the effectiveness of two reading programs (Guided Reading (GR) and Reading Mastery (RM)) on the reading achievement of struggling readers over seven months. Sixty-six second grade ...
This study examined the effect of using the Language Arts strand of the Reading Mastery Signature Edition program as a supplement to non-Direct Instruction reading programs with English Language Learner ...
This study examined the effect of the combination of Reading Mastery (RM) and Precision Teaching (PT) on the reading skills of elementary students (Grade 1to 4). Students who were below grade level in ...
This study compared the effects of six reading programs on the oral reading fluency (ORF) growth of 30,000 first to third grade students. Students were randomly selected from almost 3,000 classrooms in ...
Thirty-seven four year old Head Start students in a suburban area of the southern United States were randomly assigned to receive 30 minutes of daily instruction in Funnix or the same amount of time in ...
This study examined the effect of peer delivered instruction of the Corrective Reading program on the oral reading fluency and reading comprehension skills of eight struggling secondary readers living ...
This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of English Language Learner (ELL) students in grades 4-7 in three schools. Student achievement was measured using the ...
This study examined the effect of five months of instruction with Corrective Reading Decoding B1 (CR) on the decoding skills of a high school student with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The ...
This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery Plus (RMP) on the reading achievement of preschool students with and without developmental delays. Curriculum based measures were administered for pre- ...
This study compared the effect of Reading Mastery and four “non-scripted” instructional models (Breakthrough to Literacy, Early Success, Four Blocks, and Together We Can) on the reading achievement of ...
This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction (DI) reading programs on the reading achievement of special and general education elementary students. In response to students reading well below grade ...
This study examined the effect of two Direct Instruction (DI) programs (Reading Mastery, Corrective Reading) on the academic achievement and referrals for special education of elementary students. At the ...
This study compared the effect of two reading programs on the reading achievement of kindergarten and elementary students from two schools within the same school district. Student achievement between kindergarten ...
This report evaluates the procedures of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), and specifically examines a WWC report on the effectiveness of the Direct Instruction program Reading Mastery. Stockard’s evaluation ...
This study examined the effects of using Reading Mastery Plus with six K-2 students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) probes ...
This study examined student response to remedial reading intervention, with comparisons made between students from differing language backgrounds and across instructional programs. Struggling readers who ...
This study selected participants from a larger study that evaluated effects of a three-tier model for academics and behavior (Kamps & Greenwood, 2005). In the current study, reading achievement of students ...
The National Reading Panel recently concluded that pre-literacy and early literacy instruction is appropriate for kindergarten students and an important element of promoting higher achievement in later ...
This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of English Language Learner (ELL) students in one middle school. CR was implemented in grades 6-8 during the 2001-2002 ...
This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery (RM) on the reading achievement of elementary students. In an attempt to reduce the racial gap in academic achievement, RM was implemented in the African ...
This study examined “Third Wave” intervention strategies for fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students with learning disabilities in mainstream schools. Fifty six schools participated in the study with 35 ...
This report summarizes 12 research studies on the effectiveness of early literacy instruction for struggling readers. The programs reviewed included Early Steps, Sound Partners, Thinking Partners, Proactive ...
This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery Plus (RMP) on the reading achievement of students in grades K-6 in a small Alabama elementary school. RMP was implemented at Elba Elementary in the fall ...
This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery (RM) on the reading achievement of low-performing elementary and kindergarten students. In response to a history of low levels of achievement, RM was implemented ...
This study examined the efficiency and effectiveness of a three tier intervention model and the use of a Response-to-Intervention system. 371 students in grades K to 3 from one elementary school participated ...
This study investigated the effects of a Direct Instruction reading program, Corrective Reading, on the reading achievement of elementary and middle school students with emotional disturbance (ED) and ...
This study examined the effects of adding three repeated readings following Reading Mastery lessons on the reading fluency of six first grade students. This study aims to replicate the findings of Frankhauser, ...
This study examines the effect of Reading Mastery on the reading achievement of six low-performing third grade students over ten weeks. The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy (DIBELS) test was ...
This study compares the effect of two reading programs on the reading achievement of African American elementary students. Students received instruction with either the Harcourt Basal Series or the Reading ...
This three-year longitudinal study examined the effect of four Comprehensive School Reform (CFR) models on the academic achievement of elementary students in 12 schools. These four models included Direct ...
This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction (DI) reading programs on the reading achievement of elementary students in 11 schools. The Direct Instruction reading programs Reading Mastery and Corrective ...
This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery on the development of reading skills and the use of reading strategies of 27 second grade students. Students were asked to read story books according to ...
This study compared the effectiveness of six reading programs on the phonics and reading achievement of 117 “struggling” first to third grade students. Students were selected from 42 classrooms in 14 schools. ...
This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading fluency and behavior of seven middle school students with reading deficits and behavior problems. The Woodcock Reading Mastery Test-Revised ...
This study examined the effect of the Direct Instruction program, Corrective Reading, on the reading and language skills of a seven year old boy with high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder. The student ...
This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction (DI) reading programs (Reading Mastery, Corrective Reading) on the reading achievement of elementary and secondary students with disabilities. In the ...
This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery (RM) and Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of special education students in grades 3-8. In response to the poor reading test scores of ...