Program Description

A small-group reading intervention program that is designed for students who are more than 2 years behind their appropriate grade level, students with various learning disabilities, and students who are English language learners. Phonological automaticity and reading fluency are the focuses of this program that spans one whole year.

Cost

$1056.00 per kit

Intended Population

• Intervention
• Intensified intervention
• Dyslexia
• ELL
• SPED

Grade

• Elementary School
• Middle School
• High School

Intended Group Size

• Individual
• Small group

ELL/DLL

• Full

Multisensory Applications

• Unspecified

Computer-Based Delivery

• None

Scripted

• None

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Skill Specific

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

The WWC report on SpellRead found significantly positive outcomes on students’ performance on alphabetics, reading fluency, and comprehension. A literature review also revealed statistically significant positive outcomes for students’ performance in phonological awareness and decoding, reading accuracy, comprehension, and spelling when compared to groups who received only regular classroom reading instructions.

Study Citations

Rashotte, C. A., MacPhee, K., & Torgesen, J. K. (2001). The effectiveness of a group reading instruction program with poor readers in multiple grades. Learning Disability Quarterly, 24(2), 119–134.

Torgesen, J., Schirm, A., Castner, L., Vartivarian, S., Mansfield, W., Myers, D., …Haan, C. (2007). National assessment of Title I. Final report. Volume II: Closing the reading gap: Findings from a randomized trial of four reading interventions for striving readers (NCEE 2008-4013). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.

What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Report

• Positive effects

Evidence Base (ESSA)

• Strong

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Promising practice