Just Right Reader: Pilot Study in Texas, Spring 2024
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| Title: | Just Right Reader: Pilot Study in Texas, Spring 2024 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Rachel Schechter, Laura Janakiefski, Charles River Media Group, LXD Research |
| Source: | Online Submission. 2024. |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 30 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Elementary Education Grade 2 Primary Education |
| Descriptors: | Grade 2, Urban Schools, Literacy, Reading Improvement, Pilot Projects, Program Implementation, Reading Materials, Decoding (Reading), Reading Programs |
| Geographic Terms: | Texas |
| Abstract: | High-quality decodable books enhance literacy by providing children with focused practice opportunities to break down sounds they have learned and apply their decoding skills. Just Right Reader (JRR) hired LXD Research to measure its impact during a pilot study in the Spring of 2024 to determine the effect of their decodable books on literacy outcomes. Conducted in four schools in an urban Texas school district, the six-week study included 93 JRR and 111 non-JRR students, with 69 students submitting implementation logs that were used to track dosage. Key findings reveal meaningful progress for JRR students from the mid-year to end-of-year assessments, outperforming Non-JRR students. JRR students showed a MAP Growth Percentile improvement of 33 points (34 to 67), compared to 23 points in Non-JRR students (31 to 54). Additionally, JRR students excelled in DIBELS ORF accuracy, with the median percentile rising from 46 to 62, while Non-JRR improved from 42 to 44. Due to the small sample, these changes were not statistically significant. Notably, the 45% of JRR students who read for 3+ hours at home (i.e., High Dosage implementation) demonstrated remarkable growth, improving from below the 14th percentile to above the 72nd percentile. Overall, the JRR program meaningfully boosted literacy development. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | ED660766 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | High-quality decodable books enhance literacy by providing children with focused practice opportunities to break down sounds they have learned and apply their decoding skills. Just Right Reader (JRR) hired LXD Research to measure its impact during a pilot study in the Spring of 2024 to determine the effect of their decodable books on literacy outcomes. Conducted in four schools in an urban Texas school district, the six-week study included 93 JRR and 111 non-JRR students, with 69 students submitting implementation logs that were used to track dosage. Key findings reveal meaningful progress for JRR students from the mid-year to end-of-year assessments, outperforming Non-JRR students. JRR students showed a MAP Growth Percentile improvement of 33 points (34 to 67), compared to 23 points in Non-JRR students (31 to 54). Additionally, JRR students excelled in DIBELS ORF accuracy, with the median percentile rising from 46 to 62, while Non-JRR improved from 42 to 44. Due to the small sample, these changes were not statistically significant. Notably, the 45% of JRR students who read for 3+ hours at home (i.e., High Dosage implementation) demonstrated remarkable growth, improving from below the 14th percentile to above the 72nd percentile. Overall, the JRR program meaningfully boosted literacy development. |
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