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Achieve3000: An Online Literacy Program to Improve Reading Achievement of Adolescent Readers.

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Intervention Details

Subject

English Language Arts

Academic Program

General Education

Duration

The program, Achieve3000, is carried out over a full school year, with recommended use of 80 lessons. Additionally, KidBiz3000, a version of Achieve3000, was implemented in 30-minute or 40-minute sessions, two times per week over the school year.

Grades

Transitional Kindergarten, K, 1, 2, 3

Personnel

General Education Teacher

Intervention Summary

Achieve3000 is an online literacy program that aims to improve reading achievement in students, particularly those in grades 2-8. The program involves a five-step instructional routine: students respond to a before-reading poll, read a nonfiction article tailored to their individual reading level, answer activity questions, respond to an after-reading poll, and answer a thought question. The program includes over 15,000 nonfiction articles and provides tools and tasks to help students comprehend what they read, such as highlighting text, taking notes, and identifying key themes. Teachers can review student responses and track progress, and the program automatically adjusts the reading level of the text as students' reading abilities improve. Additionally, the program offers a "Stretch Article" feature, which provides students with an article written at a higher level than their current reading ability, allowing them to challenge themselves and improve their reading skills. The program is designed to be used as a supplement to standard core reading curriculum and can be accessed on multiple devices and platforms.

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on comprehension

Positive effect on general literacy achievement. The excerpt supports this answer by stating that the intervention, Achieve3000, had a "potentially positive effect" on both comprehension and general literacy achievement, as shown in the tables and appendices. The WWC review found that the estimated impacts of Achieve3000 on outcomes in the comprehension domain were a substantively important positive effect and an indeterminate effect, and in the general literacy achievement domain, the estimated impacts were a statistically significant positive effect and an indeterminate effect. These findings are based on the results of tests of statistical significance and are summarized in a way that is easy to understand for a lay audience.

Source

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2018). Achieve3000®. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/intervention/1284.

Data Sample by Population

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