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Open Court Reading has limited evidence of effectiveness for beginning reading. The one qualifying study included in this review showed an effect size of +0.17. |
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Open Court Reading has limited evidence of effectiveness for upper elementary school reading. The two qualifying studies included in this review showed effect sizes of +0.15 and +0.20. |
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There are no qualifying studies of Open Court Reading for middle/high school reading |
Open Court Reading is a basal text book series that uses phonetic readers in early grades, a focus on direct instruction of specific skills throughout the program, scripted teachers’ manuals, teacher training, and follow-up.
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Open Court Phonics Kit has limited evidence of effectiveness for beginning reading. The one qualifying study included in this review showed a mean effect size of +0.49. |
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Open Court Phonics Kit is not designed for upper elementary school reading. |
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Open Court Phonics Kit is not designed for middle/high school reading. |
Open Court Phonics Kit provides teachers with extensive training and materials to teach phonics skills.
For more on the reviews of Open Court Reading and Open Court Phonics Kit, read the BEE reviews of beginning reading and upper elementary reading.
For more information on Open Court, visit www.sraonline.com/oc_home.html.
For other reviews of research on education programs, see the Best Evidence Encyclopedia homepage at www.bestevidence.org. |
