The Voyager Universal Literacy System: Results from a Study of Kindergarten Students in Inner-City Schools

Autor/inn/en	Frechtling, Joy A.; Zhang, Xiaodong; Silverstein, Gary
Titel	The Voyager Universal Literacy System: Results from a Study of Kindergarten Students in Inner-City Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 11 (2006) 1, S.75-95 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-4669
DOI	10.1207/s15327671espr1101_5
Schlagwörter	Program Effectiveness; Kindergarten; Urban Schools; Early Reading; Reading Skills; Quasiexperimental Design; Effect Size; Academic Achievement; Program Evaluation; Achievement Gains; Scores; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Frühlesen; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Schulleistung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	The evaluation of the Voyager Universal Literacy System[R] was designed to provide a rigorous assessment of the effectiveness of the program with beginning readers. Using a quasi-experimental design, researchers conducted a systematic evaluation of changes in 398 kindergarten students' command of early reading skills in 4 Voyager and 4 comparison schools in 2 inner-city districts in 8 months from 2002 and 2003. The study provides strong evidence of the efficacy of the Voyager program. Overall and for 3 out of the 4 pairs of schools examined, a large and significant difference was found in favor of the Voyager students. Effect sizes of the program ranged from 0.23 to 1.32 in 7 test instruments. In addition, the average scores of Voyager students at the end of kindergarten were largely around the national average, whereas those of comparison students remained below the national average. Using analysis of covariance models, the study found that the Voyager program has statistically significant positive impacts on student achievement in 6 out of 7 assessments. It also shows that the greater the fidelity of the implemented program to the Voyager plan, the larger the gains in literacy scores. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10