Program Description

The Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention is a powerful, short-term intervention, that provides daily, intensive, small-group instruction, which supplements classroom literacy teaching. LLI turns struggling readers into successful readers with engaging leveled books and fast-paced, systematically designed lessons.

Cost

Pricing varies by grade level kit.

Intended Population

• Intervention

Grade

• Elementary School
• Middle School
• High School

Intended Group Size

• Small group

ELL/DLL

• Partial

Multisensory Applications

• No

Computer-Based Delivery

• Partial

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Comprehensive

Placement Tests

• Yes

Accelerated Learning

• No

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Yes

Error Correction Built In

• Yes

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

The WWC report on Leveled Literacy Intervention, highlights the program’s positive effect on general reading achievement,  potential positive effect on reading fluency, but no discernable effects on alphabetics for beginning readers. (WWC). This project’s review of the Leveled Literacy Intervention revealed Mixed findings. One study reported positive effects on general reading achievement for elementary students while another study reported statistically significant positive outcomes for kindergarten and grade 1 students only.

Study Citations

Ransford-Kaldon, C., Flynt, E. S., Ross, C. L., Franceschini, L., Zoblotsky, T., Huang, Y., & Gallagher, B. (2010). Implementation of effective intervention: An empirical study to evaluate the efficacy of Fountas & Pinnell’s Leveled Literacy Intervention system (LLI). Memphis, TN: Center for Research in Educational Policy, University of Memphis (WWC)

Ransford-Kaldon, C., Ross, C., Lee, C., Sutton Flynt, E., Franceschini, L., & Zoblotsky, T. (2013). Efficacy of the Leveled Literacy Intervention System for K–2 urban students: An empirical evaluation of LLI in Denver Public Schools. Memphis, TN: Center for Research in Educational Policy, University of Memphis. (WWC)"

What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Report

• Mixed effects

Evidence Base (ESSA)

• Strong

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Mixed evidence