Studies of Popular Reading Texts Don't Meet Reviewers' Rigor Test
Two well-known commercial reading programs, which have been adopted by some of the nation’s largest school districts and have met the strict requirements for research-based programs under the federal Reading First initiative, failed to earn ratings from the What Works Clearinghouse because they do not have any studies that satisfy the agency’s rigorous evidence standards.
Reports on Open Court Reading and Reading Mastery , both highly structured texts published by the Columbus, Ohio-based SRA McGraw-Hill , were released Tuesday by the clearinghouse, a program of the Institute of Education Sciences, the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education, to vet effectiveness studies on educational programs and practices.
“At this time, the WWC is unable to draw any conclusions based on research about the effectiveness or ineffectiveness” of either...
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