Hi, I am glad the program is working for your school. It sounds like you are taking some important intervention steps for your readers. If teachers are positive about a program I am sure that helps.
Since the 3 Tier system & RtI require programs (through IDEA) to have "scientific research" I wanted to be sure others on the listserve have the information. I wonder if Florida's rigor for scientific rigor is less than what the WWC is using for the US Dept. of Ed. It would be helpful if the US Dept of Education gave some direction to state departments of special education, and others. At the What Works Clearninghouse Corrective Reading has been evaluated. There was one study that met the rigor for scientific evidence. Using that study WWC found potentially positive effects for Corrective Reading in two domains: alphabetics & fluency. There were no discernible effects for compreshension, and the study did not address general reading achievement. Do you have evidence that students are improving on other measures of assessment for reading as a result of the SRA program? SRA, and any of its other names (Direct Instruction/Reading Mastery, etc.), did not have any studies that met the WWC rigor for sceintific evidence. There was one study composed of mostly ELL students that the WWC did use to give a potentially positive ranking, (for ELL programs)but with reservations because the number of students in the study was so small. The WWC declined to use the study to rate SRA as a beginning reading program, otherwise. John > >Our corporation is currently using a tier-3 remediation program called SRA. It >targets 1st - 3rd grade students. The intermediate version is Corrective >Reading. You can get more information about the programs on the" Florida >Research for Reading" site. We are currently in our second year of SRA. It has >proven to been highly successful. We are just beginning to implement >Corrective Reading. The research supports both programs. _______________________________________________________ Sent through e-mol. E-mail, Anywhere, Anytime. http://www.e-mol.com _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
