Read Well: A Reading Achievement and English Language Development Program for Elementary School English Language Learners
Intervention Details
Subject
English Language ArtsAcademic Program
English as a Second Language (ESL) ProgramDuration
N/AGrades
K, 1, 2Personnel
General Education Teacher
Intervention Summary
Read Well is a program that targets English language learners in kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade regular education students. The program involves explicit, systematic instruction in English language decoding, sustained practice of skills in decodable text, and frequent opportunities to discuss vocabulary and concepts presented in text. Reading and writing skills include story maps, story retells, and guided reports. A key feature of Read Well is the use of scaffolded instruction, in which teachers begin by presenting models and gradually decreasing their support by providing guided practice before students are asked to complete the skill or strategy independently.
Grades
K, 1, 2Personnel
General Education TeacherStatistical Finding Summary
No effect on reading achievement
Potentially positive effect on English language development
Source
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2010). Read Well®. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/intervention/324.
Data Sample by Population
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The subgroup population data as studied here are not available. That means that while this study may work well for your setting, we cannot say based on the published study and results from our system’s reading of that study what the school/district subgroup characteristics were when evaluated here.