Program Description

"QuickReads is a supplemental literacy intervention program that improves students' fluency, comprehension, and content knowledge."

Cost

Individual component prices vary; Classroom Package for 24: $744.97; Intervention Kit for 12: $435.47

Intended Population

• Core
• Intervention

Grade

• Elementary School
• Middle School

Intended Group Size

• Classroom

ELL/DLL

• Partial

Multisensory Applications

• No

Computer-Based Delivery

• None

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Comprehensive

Placement Tests

• Yes

Accelerated Learning

• Unspecified

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Unspecified

Error Correction Built In

• Unspecified

Research Summary

The NeMTSS review of the research on the QuickReads program point to evidence of the programs’ potential positive effects on measures of reading fluency, reading accuracy, and comprehension for elementary school students.

Study Citations

Fenty, N., Mulcahy, C., & Washburn, E. (2015). Effects of Computer-Assisted and Teacher-Led Fluency Instruction on Students At Risk for Reading Failure. Learning Disabilities--A Contemporary Journal, 13(2).

Vadasy, P. F., & Sanders, E. A. (2008). Benefits of repeated reading intervention for low-achieving fourth-and fifth-grade students. Remedial and Special Education, 29(4), 235-249.

Vadasy, P. F., & Sanders, E. A. (2008). Repeated reading intervention: Outcomes and interactions with readers' skills and classroom instruction. Journal of Educational Psychology, 100(2), 272.

What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Report

• No studies met WWC inclusion criteria

Evidence Base (ESSA)

• Strong

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Evidence-based practice

Additional Reviews

• http://www.bestevidence.org/overviews/Q/quickreads.htm