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Enhanced Proactive Reading: Supplemental Reading Program for Low-Performing English Language Learners

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Intervention Details

Subject

English Language Arts

Academic Programs

English as a Second Language (ESL) Program, Bilingual Education Program

Duration

October to May, 120 lessons, 50-minute sessions

Grade

1

Personnel

General Education Teacher

Intervention Summary

Enhanced Proactive Reading is a supplemental reading program that targets English language learners in grade 1 to improve their reading achievement and English language development. The program is implemented over 120 lessons, in 50-minute sessions, to groups of three to five students with homogeneous reading achievement. The program is delivered by bilingual teachers in a pull-out setting, and teachers receive 12 hours of professional development prior to implementation and six hours of professional development after the intervention has been implemented for six weeks.

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on reading achievement

No effect on English language development

Source

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2006). Enhanced Proactive Reading. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/intervention/256.

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