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Enhanced Reading Opportunities (ERO) study: Supplemental Literacy Programs to Improve Reading Comprehension Skills and School Performance of Struggling Ninth-Grade Readers

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Intervention Details

Subject

English Language Arts

Academic Program

General Education

Duration

Full school year

Grade

9

Personnel

General Education Teacher

Intervention Summary

Enhanced Reading Opportunities (ERO) programs

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on reading comprehension

No effect on vocabulary test scores

No effect on amount of school-related reading

No effect on amount of non-school-related reading

No effect on use of reflective reading strategies

Positive effect on reading comprehension for students who are overage for grade

Positive effect on reading comprehension for students from multilingual families

Positive effect on reading comprehension for students with baseline reading comprehension scores between 6.0-7.0 grade equivalent

Positive effect on reading comprehension for students in schools with moderately or well-aligned implementation and longer duration

Source

Elizabeth, N., James J., K., Kathryn, D., Suzannah, H., Terry, S. & William, C. (2008). The Enhanced Reading Opportunities Study: Early Impact and Implementation Findings. NCEE 2008-4015 (ED499778). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED499778.pdf.

Data Sample by Population

These charts show the characteristics of the student populations studied. When assessing programs, you may want to prioritize interventions that yielded success in a similar demographic environment as your school or district.