About the Intervention
Corrective Reading is designed to promote reading accuracy (decoding), fluency, and comprehension skills of students in third grade or higher who are reading below their grade level. The program has four levels addressing decoding skills and six levels addressing comprehension skills. All lessons are sequenced and scripted. Corrective Reading is implemented in small groups of four to five students (though can be used in whole-class format) during 45-minute lessons four to five times a week. In the study reviewed, only the word-level skills components were implemented, with instruction delivered to groups of three students with heterogeneous basic reading skills. The program uses a direct instruction approach with scripted presentations, brisk pacing, and carefully chosen exercises. Teachers receive approximately seven hours of staff development on direct instruction delivery and program materials, with follow-up observations and coaching recommended.
Statistical Findings
Positive effect: on alphabetics
Positive effect: on fluency
No effect: on comprehension
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Focus Areas
N/APrograms & Services
General Education, Remedial EducationDelivery Methods
Face-to-FaceDisability Support
N/ATarget Groups
Student(s)Citation
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2007). Corrective Reading. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/intervention/383.
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