Florida Early Intervention Study
Discovery Elementary School in Palm Beach, Florida, screened all first graders in January using DIBELS. They took the 20 lowest-scoring at-highest-risk students and provided 3 months of small-group instruction using the Barton Reading & Spelling System. In April, after just 3 months of intervention, 17 of the 20 students scores were above the DIBELS benchmark in Nonsense Word Fluency, which tests the ability to read by sounding out.
Their before-after scores were:
|
Student
|
NWF Before
|
NWF After
|
% increase
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
A
|
21
|
124
|
490 %
|
|
B
|
23
|
44
|
91 %
|
|
C
|
0, No Score
|
42
|
|
|
D
|
50
|
56
|
12 %
|
|
E
|
2
|
38
|
1800 %
|
|
F
|
0, No Score
|
40
|
|
|
G
|
47
|
53
|
13 %
|
|
H
|
23
|
71
|
209 %
|
|
I
|
19
|
40
|
111 %
|
|
J
|
36
|
49
|
36 %
|
|
K
|
31
|
71
|
129 %
|
|
L
|
22
|
28
|
26 %
|
|
M
|
30
|
66
|
120 %
|
|
N
|
18
|
46
|
156 %
|
|
O
|
26
|
37
|
42 %
|
|
P
|
28
|
70
|
150 %
|
|
Q
|
40
|
33
|
-18 %
|
|
R
|
36
|
57
|
58 %
|
|
S
|
19
|
56
|
195 %
|
|
T
|
26
|
37
|
42 %
|
Now that I have data to show such incredible improvement, my principal has agreed to allow K-2 intervention using the Barton Reading & Spelling System to take place all year long this coming school year.
- Sue Hoyt
- Discover Elementary
- School
- Palm Beach, FL
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