Publications

The National Evaluation of Reading Comprehension Interventions: Design Report

March 23, 2006

This report lays out the design for the Evaluation of Reading Comprehension Interventions, which is assessing supplemental reading comprehension programs for fifth-grade students.

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Education Interventions: Issues and Recommendations for the Title I Evaluation

May 17, 2004

Recommends that an upcoming study on the effectiveness of education interventions focus on reading comprehension in grades 3 to 5 and allow for inferences about selected groups of students (such as students with limited English proficiency or with very low reading skills). Other recommendations address the process for selecting interventions and schools and key research design parameters.

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