Program Description

Voyager Passport® is a research-proven intervention solution for students in grades K–5. Through a blended, teacher-led format, students receive explicit and systematic instruction in the five essential components of reading, plus language and writing. Voyager Passport accelerates student literacy achievement by targeting critical skills and providing strategies learners need to become fluent, on-level readers.

Cost

Teacher Resource Kit: $399/per level, Student Reading Pack: $81/per level, Student Renewal Pack: $59/pack, Digital Student Pack: $39/pack

Intended Population

• Intervention

Grade

• Elementary School

Intended Group Size

• Small group

ELL/DLL

• Partial

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Computer-Based Delivery

• Partial

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Comprehensive

Placement Tests

• Unspecified

Accelerated Learning

• Unspecified

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Yes

Error Correction Built In

• Yes

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Yes

Research Summary

One randomized controlled trial found that fourth graders who received the Voyager Passport intervention made significantly greater gains on reading passage comprehension compared to their control peers.

Study Citations

Wanzek, J., Petscher, Y., Al Otaiba, S., Rivas, B. K., Jones, F. G., Kent, S. C., Schatschneider, C., & Mehta, P. (2017). Effects of a year long supplemental reading intervention for students with reading difficulties in fourth grade. Journal of Educational Psychology, 109, 1103-1119.

What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Report

• No studies met WWC inclusion criteria

Evidence Base (ESSA)

• Strong

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Promising practice