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1WWC Intervention Report Early Intervention in Reading May 7,
2007
What Works ClearinghouseBeginning Reading
WWC Intervention Report
May 7, 2007
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Early Intervention in Reading
Early Intervention in Reading (EIR) is a program designed
toprovide extra instruction to groups o students at risk o
ailing
to read. The program uses picture books to stress instruction
in
phonemic awareness, phonics, and contextual analysis, along
with repeated reading and writing. In grades K2, the program
includes whole-class instruction ollowed by small-group
instruction or students who score low on oral reading
andliteracy skills. In grades 3 and 4, the program consists o
small
group instruction or 20 minutes, our days a week. Teachers
are
trained or nine months using workshops and an Internet-based
proessional development program.
One study o Early Intervention in Reading1 met the What
Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards. The one study
included 12 teachers and 59 students in frst grade rom one
Midwestern state.2
The WWC considers the extent o evidence or Early Interven-
tion in Reading to be small or alphabetics and
comprehension.
No studies that met WWC standards with or without
reservations
addressed uency or general reading achievement.
Early Intervention in Reading was ound to have potentially
positive eects in alphabetics and comprehension.
Alphabetics Fluency Comprehension
General reading
achievement
Rating of effectiveness Potentially positive eects na
Potentially positive eects na
Improvement index3 Average: + 36 percentile
points
Range: +29 to +42 percentile
points
na +18 percentile points na
Program description
Research
Effectiveness
1. Early Intervention in Reading has also been adapted into
Houghton Miins Early Success program. Both programs are available
or purchase. This
report ocuses solely on Early Intervention in Reading.2. The
evidence presented in this report is based on available research.
Findings and conclusions may change as new research becomes
available.
3. These numbers show the average and range o improvement
indices or all fndings across the study.
na = not applicable
