Program Description

"Enhanced Core Reading Instruction™ is a multi-tiered program (Tier 1 and Tier 2) featuring a series of teaching routines designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of reading instruction in kindergarten, first and second grade."

Cost

Individual components vary from $55/Interventionist Workbook-$670/Foundational Skills Intervention Book

Intended Population

• Core
• Intervention

Grade

• Elementary School

Intended Group Size

• Unspecified

ELL/DLL

• Unspecified

Multisensory Applications

• Unspecified

Computer-Based Delivery

• Unspecified

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Comprehensive

Placement Tests

• Unspecified

Accelerated Learning

• Unspecified

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Unspecified

Error Correction Built In

• Unspecified

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

Two peer-reviewed research studies examining the efficacy of Enhanced Core Reading Instruction on first-grade students. The results of the studies reported promising positive intervention effects for reading skills such as oral reading fluency, phonological awareness, and reading comprehension.

Study Citations

Fien, H., Smith, J. L., Smolkowski, K., Baker, S. K., Nelson, N. J. & Chaparro, E. (2015). An examination of the efficacy of a multitiered intervention on early reading outcomes for first grade students at risk for reading difficulties. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 48(6) 606-621

Smith, J. L., Nelson, N. J., Fien, H., Smolkowski, K., Kosty, D. & Baker, S. K. (2016). Examining the efficacy of a multitiered intervention for at-risk readers in grade 1. The Elementary School Journal, 116(4) 549-573

Evidence Base (ESSA)

• Strong

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Promising practice