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Fusion Reading: Supplemental Reading Intervention for Middle and High School Students Scoring Below Grade Level

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Intervention Details

Subject

English Language Arts

Academic Program

Remedial Education

Duration

Full school year

Grades

6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Personnel

General Education Teacher

Intervention Summary

Fusion Reading is a supplemental reading intervention designed for middle and high school students who score at least 2 years below grade level on standardized reading measures. It builds on the work of the Strategic Instruction Model's Learning Strategies Curriculum and Xtreme Reading by integrating some of the same strategies, focusing on reading, and extending the time frame from 1 to 2 years in duration. Struggling students are enrolled in the supplemental intervention for one class period for 5 days a week.

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on TOWRE Sight Word Efficiency (SWE)

Positive effect on GRADE Sentence Comprehension

Source

Cyndi, W., Ellen, S., Harold, J., Jose, B., Sara, T. & Xin, W. (2012). A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of the Fusion Reading Intervention on Reading Achievement and Motivation for Adolescent Struggling Readers (ED535544). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED535544.pdf.

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