Program Description

"Seeing Stars develops symbol imagery - the ability to visualize sounds and letters in words - as a basis for orthographic awareness, phonemic awareness, word attack, word recognition, spelling, and contextual reading fluency."

Cost

$539.95/kit

Intended Population

• Any

Grade

• Elementary School
• Middle School
• High School

Intended Group Size

• Small group

ELL/DLL

• Partial

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Computer-Based Delivery

• None

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Comprehensive

Placement Tests

• No

Accelerated Learning

• No

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• No

Error Correction Built In

• Yes

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

An NeMTSS literature review revealed one study that reported gains in untimed and timed pseudoword reading, oral reading fluency, and symbol imagery; though effects were likely due to control group declines. Another study reported moderate to large effect sizes for gains in reading fluency and basic reading skills following program implementation. However, due to the methodology of these studies, there is insufficient evidence to support the program at this time.

Study Citations

Christodoulou, J. A., Cyr, A., Murtagh, J., Chang, P., Lin, J., ... Guarino, A. (2017). Impact of intensive summer reading intervention for children with reading disabilities and difficulties in early elementary school. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 50(2), 115-127. doi: 10.1177/0022219415617163

Donnelly, P. M., Huber, E., & Yeatman, J. D. (2019). Intensive Summer Intervention Drives Linear Growth of Reading Skill in Struggling Readers. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01900 

Evidence Base (ESSA)

• No studies met inclusion requirements

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Promising practice

Additional Reviews

• https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Stars-Phonemic-Awareness-Spelling/product-reviews/0945856067