William B Hansen, Emily R Beamon, Santiago Saldana, Samantha Kelly, David L Wyrick
D.A.R.E./keepin' it REAL elementary curriculum: Substance use outcomes
PloS one
purpose study test efficacy teaching early literacy language tell curriculum package improving early literacy oral language skills preschoolers lowincome families randomized controlled trial rct tell implemented 30 tell 28 businessasusual classrooms tell tier 1 wholeclass curriculum package includes scope sequence instruction lesson plans materials highquality books curriculumbased measures cbms professional development training coaching implementation fidelity high however due covid19 school closures collect endofyear data third cohort teachers results indicated significant tell effects coderelated cbms two coderelated distal measures well receptive expressive vocabulary cbms significant differences found distal measures oral languagevocabulary listening comprehension results present study paired findings earlier tell rct children developmental speech andor language impairments suggest children enrolled tell classrooms achieve higher outcomes variety coderelated vocabulary measures end final preschool year httpsdoiorg1023641asha25345708