James S. Kim|Lauren Capotosto|Ardice Hartry|Robert Fitzgerald
Can a Mixed-Method Literacy Intervention Improve the Reading Achievement of Low-Performing Elementary School Students in an After-School Program?
Harvard University Press|Harvard University Press|University of California, Berkeley
authors describe independent evaluation read 180 enterprise intervention designed scholastic inc despite widespread use program upper elementary high school students limited empirical evidence support effectiveness randomized controlled trial involving 312 students enrolled afterschool program authors generated intentiontotreat treatmentonthetreated estimates programs impact several literacy outcomes fourth fifth sixth graders reading proficiency state assessment baseline read 180 enterprise students outperformed control group students vocabulary 23 reading comprehension 32 spelling oral reading fluency authors interpret findings light theory instruction underpinning read 180 enterprise intervention