Enhanced Reading Opportunities (ERO) Program: A Literacy Program for Ninth-Grade Students Reading Two or More Years Below Grade Level
About the Intervention
Enhanced Reading Opportunities (ERO) is a program that aims to improve students' reading skills and academic performance. The program provides students with immediate and intensive instruction on the use of strategies that expert readers use to understand written texts, which in turn should improve students' reading comprehension. The ERO programs improve students' reading comprehension skills over the course of ninth grade. The program's theory of action depicts how the program's components are expected to lead to improved student outcomes. The ERO study assesses the impact of two supplemental literacy interventions across a range of contexts and a rigorous evaluation of the interventions' impact on students' reading comprehension skills and their academic performance as they move through high school.
Statistical Findings
Positive effect on reading comprehension skills
Positive effect on academic performance in core courses during the program year
No effect on academic performance in the follow-up year
Positive effect on state test scores in English language arts and math during the program year
No effect on state test scores in the follow-up year
No effect on student behaviors
More Intervention Details
Focus Areas
Drop-Outs, Economically DisadvantagedPrograms & Services
General EducationDelivery Methods
Face-to-FaceDisability Support
Specific learning disabilityTarget Groups
Student(s)Source
Courtney, Z., Jesse, L., Marie-Andree, S., Susan, S., Terry, S. & William, C. (2010). The Enhanced Reading Opportunities Study Final Report: The Impact of Supplemental Literacy Courses for Struggling Ninth-Grade Readers. NCEE 2010-4021 (ED511811). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED511811.pdf.
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