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Programs
August 8, 2022

Leveled Literacy Intervention

Program overview

  • Supplementary, small-group activity designed to help struggling readers reach grade-level competency
  • Focuses on phonological awareness, fluency, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and other literacy skills
  • Provides texts with progressive difficulty and systematic lesson plans matched to students’ abilities
Cost per Participant
Approximately $3,000 per classroom set of materials
  • Positive effects on general reading achievement
  • Potentially positive effects on reading fluency
  • Improved general reading achievement by an average of 11 percentile
  • Improved reading fluency by an average of 11 percentile points
  • Note: This content is under review
  • Start the leveled literacy intervention as early as possible during the school year to provide the full 14 weeks of education.
  • Frequent trainings and integration of trainers with school administration help maintain program fidelity.
  • Program should be administered 30-45 minutes per day, 5 days per week, with the recommended group size.
  • Without appropriate staffing and small group approach, participants will not reap the full benefits of the program.