This study was designed to examine the effectiveness of Reading Recovery as compared to three other instructional models. Treatments included (a) a treatment modeled on Reading Recovery, (b) a one-on-one skills practice model, and (c)a group treatment taught by trained Reading Recovery teachers.
Publication
Reading Research Quarterly, 29(1), 9–39
Link to study
Year of Study
1994
Subject
Literacy
Program Evaluated
Reading Recovery
Tutor Type
Teacher
Duration
5 months
Sample size
194
Grade Level(s)
1st Grade
Student-Tutor Ratio
1
Effect Size
0.5
Study Design
Student Randomized
Pinnell, G. S., Lyons, C. A., DeFord, D. E., Bryk, A. S., & Seltzer, M. (1994). Comparing Instructional Models for the Literacyeracy Education of High-Risk First Graders. Reading Research Quarterly, 29(1), 9–39, https://doi.org/10.2307/747736