Research Shows Effective and Not Effective Reading Programs

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EFFECTIVE READING PROGRAMS FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS

Program Ratings 2008 Best Evidence Synthesis
Strong Evidence of Effectiveness Reading Recovery UK Study Reports Reading Recovery's Effectiveness A three-year, £ 10 million initiative funded by charitable trusts, the business sector and the government of Great Britain focuses on Reading Recovery as a key strategy to make Every Child a Reader. Every Child a Reader: the results of the first year… reports that children who received Reading Recovery lessons made on average a gain of 21 months in reading age in just 4 to 5 months while lowest achieving children in schools with other early interventions fell further behind their peers.
Strong Evidence of NO Effectiveness Reading First Program and Voyager Expanded Learning
Moderate Evidence of Effectiveness Jostens (CAI) PALS (IP, Cooperative Learning) The Reading Edge (IP, Cooperative Learning) Student Team Literature (IP, Cooperative Learning) Student Team Reading (IP, Cooperative Learning)
Limited Evidence of Effectiveness Accelerated Reader (CAI) Benchmark Detectives (IP, Strategy) Read 180 (CAI) Strategy Intervention Model (IP, Strategy) Talent Development High School (IP,CSR)
Insufficient Evidence Talent Development Middle School (IP CSR)
No Qualifying Studies 100 Book Challenge ABD's of Reading Academy of Reading Achieve 3000 Achieving Maximum Potential Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) AfterSchool KidzLit Alphabetic Phonics America's Choice-Ramp Up Literacy AMP Reading System Barton Reading & Spelling System Be a Better Reader Boys Town Reading Curriculum Breaking the Code Bridges to Literacy Caught Reading Charlesbridge Reading Fluency Classworks Compass Learning (current version) Comprehension Upgrade Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) Corrective Reading CRISS / Project CRISS Cross-Aged Literacy Program Direct Instruction Disciplinary Literacy Electronic Bookshelf Essential Learning Systems™ Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI) Failure Free Reading Fast ForWord Fast Track Reading First Steps Fluent Reader Glass-Analysis method Glencoe Great Leaps Harcourt HOSTS Houghton Mifflin IMPACT IndiVisual Reading InStep Readers Intensive Reading Strategies Instruction (IRSI) Model Intensive Supplemental Reading Jamestown Education Junior Great Books Kaplan SpellRead Knowledge Box K-W-L strategy LANGUAGE! Learning Experience Approach Learning Upgrade Lexia Strategies for Older Students Like to Read Lindamood-Bell LitART Literacy First Literacy Seminar MacMillan McDougal-Littell McRAT Merit Software Multicultural Reading and Thinking My Reading Coach On Ramp Approach Open Book Anywhere Open Court Pathway Project Phonics for Reading Phono-Graphix PLATO Prentice Hall Literature Project Read Puente Questioning the Author QuickReads-Secondary Quicktionary Reading Pen II Ramp-Up Literacy Rave-O REACH ReadAbout Read Naturally Read Now Read On! READ RIGHT Read XL The Reader's Choice The Reader's Journey Reading in the Content Areas Reading Horizons Reading Is FAME Reading Power in the Content Areas Reading Plus Reading with Purpose Reciprocal Teaching REWARDS Rosetta Stone Literacy Saxon Phonics Scaffolded Reading Experience Scott Foresman Second Chance at Literacy Learning Second Chance Reading Slingerland Soar to Success Soliloquy Reading Assistant Sound Sheets Spell Read P.A.T. Spalding Method Strategic Literacy Initiative SuccessMaker Supported Literacy Approach Text mapping strategy Thinking Reader Thinking Works Transactional Strategies Instruction Vocabulary Improvement Program Voyager TimeWarp Plus Wilson Reading System Wisconsin Design for Reading Skills Development (WDRSD) Write to Learn