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

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About the Intervention

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 Findings

Positive effect on reading achievement

No effect on English language development

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Focus Areas

English Learners, Economically Disadvantaged

Programs & Services

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

Delivery Methods

Face-to-Face

Disability Support

Specific learning disability

Target Groups

Student(s)

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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