Limited Evidence of Effectiveness |
| Rating |
Program |
Description |
Website |
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Bilingual Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (BCIRC)
Disseminated as Reading Wings by the Success for All Foundation |
BCIRC was an adaptation of Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition, an upper-elementary reading program based on principles of cooperative learning that had been successfully evaluated in several studies. |
www.successforall.org
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Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) |
Key components of PALS include partner reading with story retell, paragraph shrinking, prediction relay, and terms and points. |
kc.vanderbilt.edu/pals |
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Direct Instruction (DI) |
A reading program that starts in kindergarten with very specific instructions to teachers on how to teach beginning reading skills. It uses reading materials with a phonetically controlled vocabulary, rapidly-paced instruction, regular assessment, and systematic approaches to language development. |
www.nifdi.org |
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Instruction with Key Vocabulary |
This intervention involved introducing 12 vocabulary words each week using a variety of strategies, such as charades, 20 questions, discussions of Spanish cognates, word webs, and word association games. |
N/A |
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Improving Comprehension Online (ICON) |
An internet-delivered vocabulary and comprehension intervention that targets both English-speaking and Spanish-dominant students. |
www.cast.org/research/projects/icon.html
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Academic Language Instruction for All Students (ALIAS) |
A text-based academic language program designed to build knowledge of words incrementally over time by providing multiple exposures to the words in different forms and in different meaningful context. |
isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=
lesaux&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup23861
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Enhanced Language Arts Transition Program |
An enhanced version of a language arts program for grades 2-5 with 12 key instructional components in three key areas: studying literature, skill building, and other supporting components. |
N/A |
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English Language and Literacy Acquisition (ELLA) |
An intervention comprised of three tiers: Tier I is the regular language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies instruction; Tier II is the English intervention; and Tier III is intensive English tutorials delivered in small groups by highly qualified paraprofessionals for low-performing students. |
ldn.tamu.edu/project_ella |
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Language and Literacy Curriculum |
An intervention focused on developing students’ literacy skills as well as their oral language proficiency skills, including listening comprehension and vocabulary and providing more practice reading connected text. |
N/A |
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Small Group Tutorials with Direct Instruction |
A small group supplemental tutorial program that used two forms of DI, Reading Mastery and Corrective Reading, for Hispanic and non-Hispanic children who were struggling in reading. |
N/A |
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An Explicit, Systematic Supplemental Reading Intervention |
A supplemental program in which trained bilingual teachers provided systematic and explicit instruction in phonemic awareness and phonics applied to word and text reading in English. |
N/A |
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Literacy Express Preschool Curriculum |
A comprehensive preschool program designed to improve young children’s oral language, emergent literacy skills, and socio-emotional development. It provides intensive small-group instruction to ELLs. |
N/A |
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Read Naturally |
A supplementary reading program aimed at improving reading fluency using a combination of books, audiotapes, and computer software for elementary and middle school students. |
www.readnaturally.com |
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Read Well |
Combines systematic, explicit phonics instruction with practice in decodable text and contextualized vocabulary and comprehension instruction. |
www.voyagerlearning.com/readwell |
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Phonics-based supplemental reading intervention |
Scripted lessons are provided to a tutor. Each lesson focuses on several key components including letter-sound correspondences, phoneme decoding, irregular words, spelling, and oral reading practice. |
N/A |
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