Carousel
Overview
Focus
Reading
Specific Skills
- Fluency
Program Length
Unspecified
Program Description
Guided and shared reading. Note: As of 1/25/21, the product's site (Pearson k12 Learning) stated it transitioned into a new company (Savvas Learning Company) and the Carousel program could no longer be found on the new company's catalog.
Demographics & Delivery
Intended Population
- Any
Grade
- Elementary School
Intended Group Size
- Classroom
ELL/DLL
- Unspecified
Multisensory Applications
- No
Computer-Based Delivery
- None
Scripted
- Instructor Scripted
Program Specifics
Comprehensive or Skill Specific
- Skill Specific
Placement Tests
- No
Accelerated Learning
- No
Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery
- No
Error Correction Built In
- No
Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher
- Unspecified
Research & Evaluation
Research Summary
No conclusive findings were found regarding the influence of decodable text (from Saxon Phonics program) versus leveled text (Carousel series) on reading accuracy.
Study Citations
Mesmer, H. E. (2009). Textual scaffolds for developing fluency in beginning readers: Accuracy and reading rate in qualitatively leveled and decodable text. Literacy Research and Instruction, 49(1), 20-39. doi: 10.1080/19388070802613450.
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
- Insufficient evidence