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SPARK Literacy Program: Developing Literacy Skills of Early-Grade Students and Supporting Families

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Intervention Details

Subject

English Language Arts

Academic Program

Early Childhood

Duration

Full school year

Grades

K, 1, 2

Personnel

Tutor

Intervention Summary

SPARK Literacy Program is a program that uses both in-school tutoring and family engagement to develop the literacy skills of early-grade students and to support families as they learn to support the literacy development of their students.

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on reading achievement

Positive effect on literacy

Positive effect on school attendance

Source

Andrew, R., Curtis J., J. & Michael, C. (2016). The Results of a Randomized Control Trial Evaluation of the SPARK Literacy Program (ED567484). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED567484.pdf.

Data Sample by Population

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