Success for All: A Reading Program for Elementary School Students
About the Intervention
Success for All (SFA) is a reading program that targets early-grade students, particularly those in high-poverty schools, with the goal of ensuring that every child learns to read well in the elementary grades. SFA includes several specific features: a kindergarten through grade 6 reading program that emphasizes phonics for beginning readers and comprehension for all students; instruction that is characterized by 'scripted,' briskly paced lesson plans that make extensive use of cooperative learning in pairs and small groups; cross-grade ability grouping for reading, with many students leaving their homeroom to receive reading instruction from another teacher, and quarterly regrouping; frequent assessments of student learning; computerized small-group tutoring and individual tutoring for students who need additional assistance; staff committees ('Solutions Teams') that address academic, behavior, and attendance issues and that promote parent and community involvement; and schoolwide and classroom programs to develop social and conflict resolution skills. The program also includes initial and ongoing professional development for
Statistical Findings
Positive effect on phonics skills
No effect on reading fluency
No effect on reading comprehension
Positive effect on phonics skills for students who started kindergarten with low preliteracy skills
Positive effect on word recognition for students who started kindergarten with low preliteracy skills
Positive effect on reading fluency for students who started kindergarten with low preliteracy skills
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Focus Areas
Social-Emotional Learning, Attendance, Economically DisadvantagedPrograms & Services
General EducationDelivery Methods
Face-to-FaceDisability Support
N/ATarget Groups
Student(s), Teachers/Instructional Teams, Non-Instructional School Personnel, Schoolwide PolicySource
Janet, Q., Micah, D., Pei, Z., Rekha, B. & Shelley, R. (2015). Scaling up the Success for All: Model of School Reform. Final Report from the Investing in Innovation (i3) Evaluation (ED579089). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED579089.pdf.
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