Children's Literacy Initiative (CLI)
About the Intervention
Children's Literacy Initiative (CLI) is a 3-year literacy intervention for K-3 teachers and students. The intervention provides teachers with training seminars (56 hours total across 3 years), individual coaching (105 hours total), and facilitated grade-level meetings (24 meetings total). In Year 1, CLI provides classrooms with books and materials aligned with the intervention model. CLI selects K-3 teachers from each school to serve as Instructional Lead Teachers (ILTs) who receive additional coaching (25 hours total) and seminars (6 total) to mentor fellow teachers and develop model classrooms. CLI also holds school-level leadership team meetings and district-level meetings with principals and administrators to track literacy progress. The intervention uses the Teacher's Effective Literacy Practice (TELP) framework to guide training and coaching scope and sequence.
Statistical Findings
No effect: on students' reading achievement in Years 1, 2, or 3 for overall sample
No effect: on reading achievement by grade-level subgroups
No effect: on reading subskills
No effect: on English proficiency for English learners
No effect: on teachers' knowledge of beginning reading
No effect: on classroom environment and literacy instruction in Year 1
Positive effect: on classroom environment in Year 3
Positive effect: on literacy instructional practices in Year 3
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Focus Areas
Economically Disadvantaged, English LearnersPrograms & Services
General Education, Title IDelivery Methods
Face-to-FaceDisability Support
N/ATarget Groups
Student(s), Teachers/Instructional Teams, Non-Instructional School PersonnelCitation
Drummond, K. V., Hubbard, D., Meakin, J., Salinger, T., Smith, D. & Tucker-Bradway, N. (2020). Children's Literacy Initiative: Final Report of the i3 Scale-Up Study (ED610842). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED610842.pdf.
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