Closing the Reading Gap: First Year Findings from a Randomized Trial of Four Reading Interventions for Striving Readers

Author: Joseph Torgesen, Fran Stancavage, Donna Durno, Rosanne Javorsky, Cinthia Haan, David Myers, Allen Schirm, Elizabeth Stuart, Sonya Vartivarian, Wendy Mansfield Publisher: Corporation for the Advancement of Policy Evaluation Publication: Document Date:                  February 2006 Category: Education > Literacy Related Categories: Children > Child Development Education > Academic Performance/Achievement Education > Educational Expectations   This large-scale, longitudinal study evaluated four elementary school level reading programs that aimed at increasing literacy proficiency. The four programs, Corrective Reading, Failure Free Reading, Spell Read P.A.T., and Wilson Reading incorporated systematic instruction in basic reading skills. Click to read this article... (PDF) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link