Date of Award
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
First Advisor
Dr. Linda Dorn, Ph.D.
Abstract
Research has shown that early intervention is the most effective means of reversing reading failure. Reading Recovery is a highly effective, one to one, short term early intervention developed by Marie Clay. It targets the lowest achieving first graders who are experiencing difficulties with literacy learning and brings them to the average ban of their age cohorts. The study examined the literacy measure performance of 534 students: 413 Discontinued Reading Recovery students and 121 Non-Reading Recovery students in Arkansas Public Schools. Two groups were compared: Discontinued Reading Recovery and Non Reading Recovery students on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills over a two year period using the Standard Score and the National Percentile Rank. The findings of the study revealed that Discontinued Reading Recovery students scored as well as a Comparison Group of Non-Reading Recovery.
Recommended Citation
Jamison, Gaynell R., "A Longitudinal Study of the Sustained Gains of Former Discontinued Reading Recovery® Students" (2008). Theses and Dissertations. 29.
https://research.ualr.edu/etd/29
