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LANGUAGE! Focus on English Learning Overview
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Research and Efficacy Data
LANGUAGE! implementations throughout the country have been shown to close the
reading achievement gap for at-risk students from diverse backgrounds, those in special
education, and English language learners (ELLs). The positive results span elementary,
middle, and high school grade levels, making LANGUAGE! the right curriculum for any
school or district striving to increase literacy performance. Following is a sample of
three districts' successes.
District 1
Elementary, Middle, and High School
In a pilot implementation of LANGUAGE!
with students in grades 412, participants
at all grade levels--elementary, middle, and
high school--showed, on average, grade
equivalency gains of 1.0, or 10 months, on the
Test of Silent Word Reading Fluency (TOSWRF).
Key Details
Total Participants: 284
Schools: 7
Grade Levels: 412
·46ElementarySchool(n=53)
·78MiddleSchool(n=145)
·912HighSchool(n=86)
Instructional Period:20042005schoolyear
8 months of implementation
Instructional Time:90minutesperday
Demographics:
·64%Free/ReducedLunch(FRL)
·47%Eligibleforspecialeducationservices
·29%Englishlanguagelearner(ELL)
Measure:TestofSilentWordReadingFluency
(TOSWRF)
District 1
English Language Learners
In the same pilot implementation, a
subgroup of ELLs showed the most progress
on the TOSWRF, achieving an average grade
equivalency gain of 0.8, or 8 months.
TOSWRF Grade Equivalent Gains
After Eight Months of LANGUAGE! Instruction*
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
Spring 2005
Fall 2004
Elementary
School
(n=16)
Middle
School
(n=48)
High
School
(n=15)
Grade Equi
valent
3.4
3.2
2.7
4.2
4.0
TOSWRF Grade Equivalent Gains After Eight Months
of LANGUAGE! Instruction*
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
ELL (n=23)
Grade Equi
valent Gain
3.2
4.0
Fall 2004
Spring 2005
* Sample was reduced due to incomplete data.