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1. The Impact of Administrative Decisions on Implementation Fidelity of Direct Instruction and Student Achievement
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 22 November 2019
2. The Effectiveness of Direct Instruction Curricula: A Meta-Analysis of a Half Century of Research
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 22 November 2019
3. Examining the What Works Clearinghouse and Its Reviews of Direct Instruction Programs
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 02 November 2015
4. The WWC Review Process: An Analysis of Errors in Two Recent Reports
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 02 November 2015
5. Reading Mastery and Learning Disabled Students: A Comment on the What Works Clearinghouse Review
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 04 December 2013
6. A randomized control study of instructional approaches for struggling adult readers
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 10 January 2019
7. Increasing reading skills in rural districts: A case study of three schools
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 27 September 2015
8. Changes in Reading Achievement at a Florida Elementary School: A Randomized Control Study of Reading Mastery
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 27 September 2015
9. Merging the accountability and scientific research requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act: Using Cohort Control groups
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 12 November 2014
10. Classroom observations and effects of reading interventions for students at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders
(Publication)
... 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 ...
Created on 28 March 2017
11. The impact of Reading Mastery in kindergarten on reading achievement through the primary grades: A cohort control group design
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 05 October 2015
12. The Development of Early Academic Success: The Impact of Direct Instruction’s Reading Mastery
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 27 September 2015
13. Fourth Graders’ Growth in Reading Comprehension and Fluency: A Pretest-Posttest Randomized Control Study Comparing Reading Mastery and Scott Foresman Basal Reading Program
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 27 September 2015
14. Comparing the Efficacy of SRA Reading Mastery and Guided Reading on Reading Achievement in Struggling Readers
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 26 September 2015
15. The Effects of the Language Arts Strand of the Reading Mastery Signature Series on the Reading and Language Skills of English Language Learners
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 19 July 2016
16. Using Precision Teaching with Direct Instruction in a Summer School Program
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 13 July 2016
17. Examining the core: Relations among reading curricula, poverty, and first through third grade reading achievement
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 25 September 2015
18. Promoting Early Literacy of Preschool Children: A Study of the Effectiveness of Funnix Beginning Reading
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 04 December 2013
19. Effects of peer-mediated Direct Instruction and repeated reading on the reading skills of incarcerated juveniles with disabilities
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 28 April 2017
20. Corrective Reading helps English-Language learners improve reading skills
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 02 April 2017
21. Assessing the effects of Corrective Reading Decoding B1 with a high school student with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A case study
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 18 July 2016
22. Direct Instruction reading: Effects of the Reading Master Plus – Level K curriculum on preschool children with developmental delays
(Publication)
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- ...
Created on 10 June 2016
23. Scripted and Non-Scripted Reading Instructional Models: Effects on the Phonics and Reading Achievement of First-Grade Struggling Readers
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 13 November 2015
24. Special education students at California elementary school achieve AYP with Direct Instruction
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 28 September 2015
25. Direct Instruction reduces special education referrals in Louisiana school district by half
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 28 September 2015
26. Reading Achievement in a Direct Instruction School and a “Three Tier” Curriculum School
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 27 September 2015
27. The What Works Clearinghouse Beginning Reading Reports and Rating of Reading Mastery: An Evaluation and Comment
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 12 November 2014
28. The effects of Reading Mastery Plus on the beginning reading skills of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 04 December 2013
29. Interventions for reading difficulties: A comparison of response to intervention by ELL and EFL struggling readers
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 04 December 2013
30. Effects of small-group reading instruction and curriculum differences for students most at risk in kindergarten: Two-year results for secondary- and tertiary-level interventions
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 04 December 2013
31. Academic Kindergarten and Later Academic Success: The Impact of Direct Instruction
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 04 December 2013
32. Corrective Reading helps ELL students gain multiple years growth
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 01 April 2017
33. Seattle school boosts reading scores with Reading Mastery curriculum
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 30 March 2017
34. The Third Wave Project: Report of a project to investigate effective ‘Third Wave’ intervention strategies for students with learning difficulties who are in mainstream schools in years 4, 5 and 6
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 09 June 2016
35. Extensive Reading Interventions in Grades K-3: From Research to Practice
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 09 November 2015
36. Reading scores rise at Alabama elementary school with Reading Mastery Plus
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 28 September 2015
37. Low-performing Kentucky school on its way to high-performing with Reading Mastery
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 28 September 2015
38. Intensifying Reading Instruction for Students Within a Three-Tier Model: Standard-Protocol and Problem Solving Approaches within a Response-to-Intervention (RTI) System
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 23 August 2015
39. The relative impact of remedial reading instruction on the basic reading skills of students with emotional disturbance and learning disabilities
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 04 December 2013
40. The effects of combining repeated reading with Reading Mastery on first graders’ oral reading fluency
(Publication)
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, ...
Created on 04 December 2013
41. No Child Left Behind according to script: The efficacy of Reading Mastery
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 28 May 2017
42. The impact of instructional methodology on student achievement of black males based on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 21 May 2017
43. Effects of comprehensive school reform on student achievement and school change: A longitudinal multi-site study
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 04 May 2017
44. Direct Instruction helps Milwaukee schools increase reading scores
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 04 April 2017
45. An Inquiry Into Children’s Reading in One Urban School Using SRA Reading Mastery (Direct Instruction)
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 26 March 2017
46. Instruction, development, and achievement of struggling primary grade readers
(Publication)
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. ...
Created on 13 November 2015
47. Effects of Corrective Reading on the reading abilities and classroom behaviors of middle school students with reading deficits and challenging behavior
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 02 November 2015
48. Effects of a decoding program on a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 13 October 2015
49. Reading Mastery, Corrective Reading help students with disabilities achieve significant academic growth
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 28 September 2015
50. Reading proficiency more than doubles among Putnam County special education students
(Publication)
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 ...
Created on 28 September 2015

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