Program Description

UFLI Foundations is an explicit and systematic program created by the team at the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI—pronounced “you fly”). The program introduces students to the foundational reading skills necessary for proficient reading. It follows a carefully developed scope and sequence designed to ensure that students systematically acquire each skill needed and learn to apply each skill with automaticity and confidence. The program is designed to be used for core instruction in the primary grades or for intervention with struggling students in any grade.

Cost

$70.00 per manual. Accompanying resources are free on publisher's website.

Intended Population

• Core
• Intervention

Grade

• Elementary School
• Middle School
• High School

Intended Group Size

• Small group
• Classroom

ELL/DLL

• Unspecified

Multisensory Applications

• Unspecified

Computer-Based Delivery

• None

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Skill Specific

Placement Tests

• No

Accelerated Learning

• Unspecified

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Yes

Error Correction Built In

• Unspecified

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

Research on UFLI Foundations is limited to one doctoral dissertation study examining reading skill gains in English language learning students following the UFLI intervention. Pre- post- measures indicated significant gains in reading ability, which were sustained after the intervention ended. No peer-reviewed research was found. Therefore, there is insufficient evidence to support the efficacy of this program at this time.

Study Citations

Arriaza de Allen, Stephanie Liset. (2010). Evaluating the effects of the University of Florida Literacy Initiative (UFLI) on the reading skills of Spanish-speaking English language learners (Order No. 3436316). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I. (817401109). http://libproxy.unl.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/evaluating-effects-university-florida-literacy/docview/817401109/se-2

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Insufficient evidence