Great Leaps Reading Fluency
Overview
Focus
Specific Skills
- Fluency
Program Length
15 minute lessons, 5 days a week, number of lessons or length of program was not provided
Program Description
"The Great Leaps Reading Fluency Programs use proven instructional methods each with powerful motivators to remedy a variety of reading problems. Efficient in both cost and time, Great Leaps Reading has been recognized for years as a researched and evidence-based fluency program that enables students to make significant strides in their reading. Students of all ages can be tutored to reach an independent reading level. A five to ten-minute session each day three to four times a week will provide significant results."
Visit Program WebsiteCost
Packages range from $39-349
More Pricing DetailsDemographics & Delivery
Intended Population
- Core
- Intervention
- Intensified intervention
- SPED
Grade
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- High School
Intended Group Size
- Any
ELL/DLL
- None
Multisensory Applications
- No
Computer-Based Delivery
- Partial
Scripted
- Instructor Scripted
Program Specifics
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 & Evaluation
Research Summary
A literature review revealed one study showing that students receiving the Great Leaps Reading Fluency intervention outperformed the control group on reading fluency, but not comprehension. Another study found that students receiving the Great Leaps intervention did not outperform the control group on any standardized measure of reading.
Study Citations
Begeny,, J.C., Laugle,, K.M., Krouse, H.E., et al. (2010) A Control-Group Comparison of Two Reading Fluency Programs: The Helping Early Literacy With Practice Strategies (HELPS) Program and the Great Leaps K-2 Reading Program, School Psychology Review, 39:1, 137-155, DOI: 10.1080/02796015.2010.12087795
Spencer, S. A., & Manis, F. R. (2010). The Effects of a Fluency Intervention Program on the Fluency and Comprehension Outcomes of Middle-School Students with Severe Reading Deficits. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 25(2), 76–86. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5826.2010.00305.x
What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Report
- No studies met WWC inclusion criteria
Evidence Base (ESSA)
- Qualifying studies found no significant positive outcomes
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
- Mixed evidence