WWC Releases Two Intervention Reports

Sheila

Moderator
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance within the Institute of Education Sciences

The National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance within the Institute of Education Sciences has released two new What Works Clearinghouse (http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/) intervention reports in the Beginning Reading topic area. The first report looks at Lindamood Phonemic Sequencing (LiPS), a program designed to teach students skills to decode words and to identify individual sounds and blends in words. The program uses activities to engage students in discovering the lip, tongue, and mouth actions needed to produce specific sounds and identify and order the sounds into words. This report has been updated to include reviews of 12 studies that have been released since 2005.

To view, download, and print the intervention report as a PDF file, please visit: https://web.archive.org/web/20090414130424/http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/wwc_lindamood_121608.pdf

The second intervention report is on Houghton Mifflin: Invitations to Literacy program, an integrated K-8 reading and language arts program that is structured around themes. The philosophy behind the program is that literacy instruction should stimulate, teach, and extend the communication and thinking skills that will allow students to become effective readers, writers, communicators, and lifelong learners.
 

Sheila

Moderator
Early Intervention Reading

announcing the release of EIR and KIPP quick reviewsThe What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), an initiative of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, has released an updated report on Early Intervention in Reading®, a program designed to provide extra instruction to groups of students at risk of failing to learn to read. The program uses picture books to stress instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, and contextual analysis, along with repeated reading and writing. The report has been updated to include reviews of two studies that have been released since 2005. Read the report now at https://web.archive.org/web/2011101...e/wwc/reports/beginning_reading/eir/index.asp


The WWC has also released a new quick review this week. These reviews are designed to provide an objective assessment of the quality of research evidence from a research paper, article, or report whose public release is reported in a major national news source. Visit https://web.archive.org/web/20110519095409/http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/publications/quickreviews/ for more information.
See how the WWC rated the following study:

As the WWC continues its work to connect educators with the tools needed to make informed decisions, visit our website often at http://www.whatworks.ed.gov/ and check your inbox for updates and new releases throughout the year.
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