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LANGUAGE! Focus on English Learning Overview
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District 3
Special Education
In a LANGUAGE! implementation involving
middle school students in both general
and special education, TOSWRF gains
demonstrated accelerated growth at all
grade levels. Students receiving special
education services averaged 8 and 13
months of growth after just 5 months.
TOSWRF Grade Equivalent Gains for Students Receiving Special
Education Services After Five Months*
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
Posttest
(Feb. 2006)
Pretest
(Sept. 2005)
Book A
(n=29)
Book C
(n=21)
Grade Equi
valent
5.2
3.4
6.0
5.7 (Expected)
4.7
3.9 (Expected)
Key Details
Total Participants:454
Grade Levels:68
Instructional Period:
20052006schoolyear
Demographics:
·48%Free/ReducedLunch
(FRL)
·18%NativeAmerican*
·31%Eligibleforspecial
education services
Measures:
·TestofSilentWordReading
Fluency(TOSWRF)
·DegreesofReadingPower
®
(DRP)
*
Numbers of students in other ethnic
minority groups were too small to
make valid comparisons.
* Sample was reduced due to incomplete data.