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Behavioral Disorders, 31 (3), 265–283 May 2006 / 265 Effects of Corrective Reading on the Reading Abilities and Classroom Behaviors of Middle School Students With Reading Deficits and Challenging Behavior Amy S. Lingo, Ed.D. University of Louisville Deborah Bott Slaton, Ph.D. University of Kentucky Kristine Jolivette, Ph.D. Georgia State University ABSTRACT: A multiple probe design was employed for this study to assess the effectiveness of the Corrective Reading program (Engelmann et al., 1999) on students’ reading fluency and behavior during reading-related instruction. Direct observations assessed the effect on students’ behavior in both general and special education classrooms. Reading fluency measures were included on within- program passages and grade-level text oral readings. The study revealed reading gains for within- program and generalization passages. Both students and teachers indicated positive perceptions of the Corrective Reading program. Failure to be successful both academically and socially in school is characteristic for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD), challenging behaviors, and learning difficulties (LD) (Foley & Epstein, 1992; Vaughn, Zaragoza, Hogan, & Walker, 1993). These students are far more likely to be deficient in basic academic skills than are their peers without disabilities. In fact, the academic difficulties faced by students with EBD and LD often result in school failure (Kauffman, 1997; Walker, Colvin, & Ramsey, 1995). For example, estimates of the prevalence of academic difficulties, especially reading and arithmetic deficits, of students with EBD range from 33% to 81% (Ruhl & Berlinghoff, 1992). It is clear that most students with challenging behaviors also have some type of academic difficulty as well. Students with EBD, challenging behaviors, and learning difficulties often are excluded from instruction because of behaviors such as noncompliance, aggression, disruption, self-injury, and antisocial responses (Knitzer, Steinberg, & Fleisch, 1990; U.S. Department of Education, 1998). Behaviors that are considered violent, unsafe, and disruptive to classroom teachers, school administrators, and other school personnel are the outcome of a predictable chain of events that begin with academic failure (Scott, Nelson, & Liaupsin, 2001). Some researchers have suggested that efforts to prevent behavior problems should include promoting effective academic instruction for those students who exhibit challenging behaviors (Carr, Taylor, & Robinson, 1991; Maguin & Loeber, 1996). Evidence supports early identification and intervention related to academic learning problems, which reduces the likelihood that students will engage in disruptive classroom behavior in the future (Maguin & Loeber). The link between poor academic achievement and types of behavior that threaten school safety, however, largely has been ignored. Maguin and Loeber’s (1996) meta-analysis on the academic and behavior connection identified three strong relationships between academic failure and challenging behavior or delinquency. First, poor academic performance is related to the onset, frequency, persistence, and seriousness of delinquent offending, whereas higher academic performance is associated with refraining or desisting from offending. Second, cognitive deficits and attention problems are associated with poor BD_31(3).indd 265 BD_31(3).indd 265 6/6/06 1:20:01 PM 6/6/06 1:20:01 PM

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Page 1: Effects of Corrective Reading on the Reading …...Behavioral Disorders, 31 (3), 265–283 May 2006 / Effects of Corrective Reading on the Reading Abilities and Classroom Behaviors

Beh

avio

ral D

isor

ders

, 31

(3),

265–

283

May

200

6 / 2

65

Effe

cts

of C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng o

n th

e R

eadi

ng A

bilit

ies

and

Cla

ssro

om B

ehav

iors

of M

iddl

e Sc

hool

Stu

dent

s W

ith

Rea

ding

Defi

cit

s an

d C

halle

ngin

g B

ehav

ior

Am

y S.

Lin

go, E

d.D

.U

nive

rsity

of L

ouis

ville

Deb

orah

Bot

t Sla

ton,

Ph.

D.

Uni

vers

ity o

f Ken

tuck

y

Kri

stin

e Jo

livet

te, P

h.D

.G

eorg

ia S

tate

Uni

vers

ity

AB

STR

AC

T: A

mul

tiple

pro

be d

esig

n w

as e

mpl

oyed

for

thi

s st

udy

to a

sses

s th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

of t

he

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pro

gram

(En

gelm

ann

et a

l., 1

999)

on

stud

ents

’ re

adin

g fl u

ency

and

beh

avio

r du

ring

read

ing-

rela

ted

inst

ruct

ion.

Dire

ct o

bser

vatio

ns a

sses

sed

the

effe

ct o

n st

uden

ts’ b

ehav

ior

in

both

gen

eral

and

spe

cial

edu

catio

n cl

assr

oom

s. R

eadi

ng fl

uenc

y m

easu

res

wer

e in

clud

ed o

n w

ithin

-pr

ogra

m p

assa

ges

and

grad

e-le

vel

text

ora

l re

adin

gs. T

he s

tudy

rev

eale

d re

adin

g ga

ins

for

with

in-

prog

ram

and

gen

eral

izat

ion

pass

ages

. Bot

h st

uden

ts a

nd t

each

ers

indi

cate

d po

sitiv

e pe

rcep

tions

of

the

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pro

gram

.

Failu

re to

be

succ

essf

ul b

oth

acad

emic

ally

an

d so

cial

ly

in

scho

ol

is

char

acte

rist

ic

for

stud

ents

w

ith

emot

iona

l an

d be

havi

oral

di

sord

ers

(EB

D),

chal

leng

ing

beha

vior

s, a

nd

lear

ning

di

ffi cu

lties

(L

D)

(Fol

ey

&

Epst

ein,

19

92;

Vau

ghn,

Zar

agoz

a, H

ogan

, &

Wal

ker,

1993

). Th

ese

stud

ents

are

far

mor

e lik

ely

to

be d

efi c

ient

in

basi

c ac

adem

ic s

kills

tha

n ar

e th

eir

peer

s w

ithou

t di

sabi

litie

s.

In

fact

, th

e ac

adem

ic d

iffi c

ultie

s fa

ced

by s

tude

nts

with

EB

D

and

LD

ofte

n re

sult

in

scho

ol

failu

re

(Kau

ffman

, 19

97;

Wal

ker,

Col

vin,

& R

amse

y,

1995

). Fo

r exa

mpl

e, e

stim

ates

of t

he p

reva

lenc

e of

aca

dem

ic d

iffi c

ultie

s, e

spec

ially

read

ing

and

arith

met

ic d

efi c

its, o

f stu

dent

s w

ith E

BD

ran

ge

from

33%

to

81%

(R

uhl

& B

erlin

ghof

f, 19

92).

It is

cle

ar t

hat

mos

t st

uden

ts w

ith c

halle

ngin

g be

havi

ors

also

hav

e so

me

type

of

acad

emic

di

ffi cu

lty a

s w

ell.

Stud

ents

with

EB

D,

chal

leng

ing

beha

vior

s,

and

lear

ning

di

ffi cu

lties

of

ten

are

excl

uded

fr

om

inst

ruct

ion

beca

use

of

beha

vior

s su

ch

as

nonc

ompl

ianc

e,

aggr

essi

on,

disr

uptio

n,

self-

inju

ry,

and

antis

ocia

l re

spon

ses

(Kni

tzer

, St

einb

erg,

& F

leis

ch,

1990

; U

.S.

Dep

artm

ent

of

Educ

atio

n,

1998

). B

ehav

iors

th

at

are

cons

ider

ed v

iole

nt,

unsa

fe,

and

disr

uptiv

e to

cl

assr

oom

te

ache

rs,

scho

ol

adm

inis

trat

ors,

and

othe

r sc

hool

per

sonn

el a

re t

he o

utco

me

of a

pre

dict

able

cha

in o

f ev

ents

tha

t be

gin

with

ac

adem

ic

failu

re

(Sco

tt,

Nel

son,

&

Li

aups

in,

2001

). So

me

rese

arch

ers

have

su

gges

ted

that

ef

fort

s to

pr

even

t be

havi

or

prob

lem

s sh

ould

inc

lude

pro

mot

ing

effe

ctiv

e ac

adem

ic i

nstr

uctio

n fo

r th

ose

stud

ents

who

ex

hibi

t ch

alle

ngin

g be

havi

ors

(Car

r, Ta

ylor

, &

Rob

inso

n, 1

991;

Mag

uin

& L

oebe

r, 19

96).

Evid

ence

su

ppor

ts

earl

y id

entifi

cat

ion

and

inte

rven

tion

rela

ted

to

acad

emic

le

arni

ng

prob

lem

s, w

hich

red

uces

the

lik

elih

ood

that

st

uden

ts w

ill e

ngag

e in

dis

rupt

ive

clas

sroo

m

beha

vior

in

the

futu

re (

Mag

uin

& L

oebe

r). T

he

link

betw

een

poor

aca

dem

ic a

chie

vem

ent a

nd

type

s of

beh

avio

r th

at t

hrea

ten

scho

ol s

afet

y,

how

ever

, lar

gely

has

bee

n ig

nore

d.M

agui

n an

d Lo

eber

’s (1

996)

met

a-an

alys

is

on

the

acad

emic

an

d be

havi

or

conn

ectio

n id

entifi

ed

thre

e st

rong

rel

atio

nshi

ps b

etw

een

acad

emic

fai

lure

and

cha

lleng

ing

beha

vior

or

delin

quen

cy. F

irst

, poo

r aca

dem

ic p

erfo

rman

ce

is r

elat

ed t

o th

e on

set,

freq

uenc

y, p

ersi

sten

ce,

and

seri

ousn

ess

of

delin

quen

t of

fend

ing,

w

here

as

high

er

acad

emic

pe

rfor

man

ce

is

asso

ciat

ed w

ith r

efra

inin

g or

des

istin

g fr

om

offe

ndin

g.

Seco

nd,

cogn

itive

de

fi cits

an

d at

tent

ion

prob

lem

s ar

e as

soci

ated

with

poo

r

BD

_31(

3).in

dd

265

BD

_31(

3).in

dd

265

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266

/ M

ay 2

006

B

ehav

iora

l Dis

orde

rs, 3

1 (3

), 26

5–28

3

acad

emic

pe

rfor

man

ce

and

delin

quen

cy.

Thir

d,

inte

rven

tions

th

at

impr

ove

acad

emic

pe

rfor

man

ce a

re a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith a

red

uctio

n in

th

e pr

eval

ence

of

de

linqu

ency

. Th

ese

fi ndi

ngs

supp

ort

the

link

betw

een

acad

emic

ac

hiev

emen

t and

soc

ial b

ehav

iors

.In

sc

hool

s,

stud

ents

w

ith

chal

leng

ing

beha

vior

s an

d le

arni

ng d

iffi c

ultie

s ar

e ty

pica

lly

less

aca

dem

ical

ly p

rofi c

ient

tha

n th

eir

peer

s fo

r se

vera

l re

ason

s. F

irst

, st

uden

ts i

dent

ifi ed

as

hav

ing

chal

leng

ing

beha

vior

s or

aca

dem

ic

defi c

its i

n th

e cl

assr

oom

are

mor

e lik

ely

to

expe

rien

ce n

egat

ive

or p

uniti

ve i

nter

actio

ns

with

thei

r tea

cher

s, re

gard

less

of t

heir

beh

avio

r (D

enny

, Ep

stei

n, &

Ros

e, 1

992;

Gun

ter,

Jack

, D

ePae

pe,

Ree

d, &

Har

riso

n, 1

994)

. Se

cond

, st

uden

ts

with

ch

alle

ngin

g be

havi

ors

and

lear

ning

diffi

cul

ties

also

rec

eive

less

aca

dem

ic

enga

ged

time

with

thei

r te

ache

rs th

an s

tude

nts

with

out

chal

leng

ing

beha

vior

s (Jo

hns,

200

0).

Fina

lly,

teac

hers

’ in

stru

ctio

n is

mor

e lim

ited

and

char

acte

rize

d by

eas

ier

task

s fo

r st

uden

ts

exhi

bitin

g be

havi

or

prob

lem

s an

d le

arni

ng

diffi

culti

es th

an fo

r stu

dent

s w

ho d

o no

t exh

ibit

such

beh

avio

rs (C

arr

et a

l., 1

991)

.Th

e in

tera

ctio

ns

betw

een

teac

hers

an

d st

uden

ts i

n th

e cl

assr

oom

con

trib

ute

to t

he

poor

ac

adem

ic

perf

orm

ance

of

st

uden

ts

alre

ady

expe

rien

cing

ac

adem

ic

and

soci

al

prob

lem

s.

Gun

ter,

Den

ny,

Jack

, Sh

ores

, &

N

elso

n (1

993)

des

crib

ed a

cyc

le o

f ne

gativ

e re

info

rcem

ent

to i

llust

rate

the

tea

cher

-stu

dent

in

stru

ctio

nal

inte

ract

ions

in

cl

assr

oom

s fo

r st

uden

ts

with

EB

D

and

sim

ilar

chal

leng

ing

beha

vior

s.

Gun

ter

and

colle

ague

s de

fi ned

ne

gativ

e re

info

rcem

ent

as

the

“rem

oval

of

av

ersi

ve s

timul

i co

ntin

gent

on

the

emis

sion

of

a re

spon

se w

hich

has

the

effe

ct o

f in

crea

sing

th

e fu

ture

pr

obab

ility

of

th

at

resp

onse

” (p

. 26

6).

The

inte

ract

ions

bet

wee

n st

uden

ts a

nd

teac

hers

fo

llow

th

is

cycl

e:

the

disr

uptiv

e be

havi

ors

of s

tude

nts

are

nega

tivel

y re

info

rced

by

the

rem

oval

of a

cade

mic

task

dem

ands

, and

th

e te

ache

rs’

actio

ns a

re n

egat

ivel

y re

info

rced

by

the

rem

oval

of

the

disr

uptiv

e be

havi

ors.

Th

ese

fact

ors

of i

neffe

ctiv

e te

achi

ng p

ract

ices

an

d di

scip

linar

y re

mov

al o

f st

uden

ts f

rom

the

in

stru

ctio

nal e

nvir

onm

ent l

ead

to th

e ac

adem

ic

failu

re fo

r st

uden

ts w

ith c

halle

ngin

g be

havi

ors.

St

uden

ts

who

ar

e ex

clud

ed

from

ac

adem

ic

inst

ruct

ion

for

disr

uptiv

e be

havi

or e

xper

ienc

e gr

eate

r aca

dem

ic d

iffi c

ulty

, whi

ch in

turn

lead

s to

gre

ater

fru

stra

tion

with

the

aca

dem

ic t

asks

pr

esen

ted.

Thi

s se

ts th

e oc

casi

on fo

r the

stu

dent

to

pre

sent

add

ition

al b

ehav

iora

l ch

alle

nges

in

the

clas

sroo

m, w

hich

lead

s to

furt

her e

xclu

sion

fr

om c

lass

room

ins

truc

tion.

The

refo

re,

effo

rts

need

to fo

cus o

n ef

fect

ive

inst

ruct

iona

l pra

ctic

es

for

stud

ents

with

cha

lleng

ing

beha

vior

s an

d le

arni

ng d

iffi c

ultie

s.Ty

pica

lly,

rese

arch

ers

focu

s on

the

soc

ial

outc

omes

of

st

uden

ts

with

ch

alle

ngin

g be

havi

ors

and

fail

to r

ecog

nize

the

aca

dem

ic

defi c

its

that

co

ntri

bute

to

th

e pr

oble

m

beha

vior

(G

unte

r et

al.,

199

3).

Unt

il re

cent

ly,

the

prof

essi

onal

lite

ratu

re c

onta

ined

min

imal

re

sear

ch

on

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

sp

ecifi

c ac

adem

ic i

nter

vent

ions

for

stu

dent

s w

ho h

ave

conc

omita

nt

acad

emic

an

d so

cial

pr

oble

m

beha

vior

. A

cade

mic

fa

ilure

, pa

rtic

ular

ly

in

read

ing,

is a

maj

or p

redi

ctor

of f

ailu

re o

r suc

cess

in

sch

ool.

Col

eman

and

Vau

ghn

(200

0) s

tate

d th

at “

alth

ough

chi

ldre

n w

ith e

mot

iona

l an

d be

havi

oral

di

sord

ers

dem

onst

rate

si

gnifi

cant

di

ffi cu

lties

in

re

adin

g,

little

re

sear

ch

has

addr

esse

d th

e ef

fi cac

y of

rea

ding

inte

rven

tions

fo

r th

is p

opul

atio

n” (p

. 93)

.R

eadi

ng i

nstr

uctio

n is

a c

ritic

al f

acto

r in

th

e ed

ucat

ion

of

stud

ents

w

ith

chal

leng

ing

beha

vior

, le

arni

ng p

robl

ems,

or

both

. It

has

been

wel

l est

ablis

hed

by re

sear

cher

s tha

t fai

lure

in

read

ing

is a

maj

or p

redi

ctor

of l

arge

r fai

lure

s th

roug

hout

life

as

wel

l as

in

scho

ol (

Car

nine

, Si

lber

t, &

Kam

eenu

i, 19

97;

Epst

ein,

Kin

der,

&

Bur

suck

, 198

9; K

auffm

an, 1

997;

Wal

ker

et a

l.,

1995

). R

esea

rche

rs a

lso

have

doc

umen

ted

that

st

uden

ts w

ith c

halle

ngin

g be

havi

ors

are

mor

e lik

ely

to h

ave

read

ing

prob

lem

s th

an th

eir p

eers

(C

outin

ho, 1

986;

Eps

tein

et a

l., 1

989)

. Effe

ctiv

e an

d ef

fi cie

nt r

eadi

ng i

nstr

uctio

n is

im

port

ant

to a

ll st

uden

ts,

but

it is

esp

ecia

lly i

mpo

rtan

t to

stu

dent

s w

ho h

ave

diffi

culty

with

rea

ding

. O

ne m

etho

d fo

r im

prov

ing

stud

ent

read

ing

perf

orm

ance

is D

irec

t Ins

truc

tion

(DI).

DI i

s an

exp

licit,

inte

nsiv

e, te

ache

r-di

rect

ed

met

hod

of t

each

ing

that

was

dev

elop

ed b

y En

gelm

ann

and

colle

ague

s in

19

64.

Sinc

e th

en,

mor

e th

an

60

inst

ruct

iona

l pr

ogra

ms

feat

urin

g D

I ha

ve

been

pr

opos

ed

and

stud

ied.

O

ne

such

pr

ogra

m

is

the

SRA

C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng

prog

ram

(E

ngel

man

n et

al

., 19

99).

All

DI

prog

ram

s in

corp

orat

e a

com

mon

ins

truc

tiona

l de

sign

and

a g

roup

of

pres

enta

tion

tech

niqu

es t

o ac

com

mod

ate

and

ensu

re c

onsi

sten

cy a

mon

g le

sson

pre

sent

atio

ns

by t

each

ers

in v

ario

us c

lass

room

set

tings

and

w

ith a

var

iety

of l

earn

ers

(Ada

ms

& E

ngel

man

n,

1996

; Whi

te, 1

988)

. Se

vera

l m

eta-

anal

yses

of

D

I pr

ogra

ms

impl

emen

ted

with

stud

ents

in sp

ecia

l edu

catio

n se

tting

s ha

ve b

een

cond

ucte

d. W

hite

(19

88)

exam

ined

25

stud

ies

that

com

pare

d D

I w

ith

som

e ot

her

inte

rven

tion

for

stud

ents

w

ith

disa

bilit

ies,

and

the

resu

lts in

dica

ted

that

non

e of

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avio

ral D

isor

ders

, 31

(3),

265–

283

May

200

6 / 2

67

the

stud

ies

stat

istic

ally

favo

red

the

com

pari

son

inte

rven

tion

over

DI.

Whi

te c

oncl

uded

that

the

posi

tive

resu

lts w

ere

not “

limite

d to

a p

artic

ular

ag

e ra

nge,

or

hand

icap

ping

con

ditio

n or

ski

ll ar

ea”

(p.

372)

. H

is

stat

emen

t su

ppor

ts

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

DI

with

stu

dent

s w

ith m

ild

to s

ever

e di

sabi

litie

s. A

dam

s an

d En

gelm

ann

(199

6) e

xam

ined

34

stud

ies

that

use

d D

I as

the

inte

rven

tion

and

foun

d th

at 3

2 of

the

34 s

tudi

es

had

posi

tive

outc

omes

rela

ted

to D

I. In

fact

, the

ov

eral

l ave

rage

effe

ct s

ize

per s

tudy

was

gre

ater

th

an 0

.87

with

an

over

all a

vera

ge e

ffect

siz

e of

0.

82 f

or s

tude

nts

with

out

disa

bilit

ies

and

0.90

fo

r st

uden

ts w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s. O

vera

ll, s

tude

nts

who

re

ceiv

ed

DI

cons

iste

ntly

ou

tper

form

ed

stud

ents

in

co

mpa

rativ

e gr

oups

, an

d th

e D

I te

chni

ques

w

ere

effe

ctiv

e in

fa

cilit

atin

g ac

adem

ic

succ

ess

for

stud

ents

of

al

l ag

es,

abili

ties,

and

bac

kgro

unds

. O

ne

spec

ifi c

DI

prog

ram

, C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng

(Eng

elm

ann,

19

88),

has

rece

ived

so

me

atte

ntio

n in

the

lite

ratu

re.

For

exam

ple,

Th

omps

on

(199

2)

com

pare

d th

e ef

fect

s of

th

e C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng D

ecod

ing

B p

rogr

am

with

w

hole

la

ngua

ge

and

trad

ition

al

basa

l re

adin

g in

stru

ctio

n. S

tude

nts

in t

he C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng g

roup

had

low

er i

ntel

ligen

ce s

core

s an

d so

cioe

cono

mic

sta

tus

than

stu

dent

s in

the

com

pari

son

grou

ps.

Res

ults

sug

gest

tha

t on

ly

stud

ents

in

the

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

gro

up h

ad

incr

ease

d pe

rcen

tile

rank

ings

on

the

post

test

of

th

e W

oodc

ock

John

son

Rea

ding

te

st.

In

addi

tion,

stu

dent

s in

the

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

gr

oup

aver

aged

a g

ain

of 2

1 w

ords

per

min

ute

in r

eadi

ng fl

uen

cy c

ompa

red

to 1

3 w

ords

per

m

inut

e fo

r th

e tr

aditi

onal

gro

up a

nd 7

wor

ds

per

min

ute

for

the

who

le la

ngua

ge g

roup

.G

ross

en (

1997

) su

mm

ariz

ed r

esea

rch

on

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

th

e C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng

prog

ram

as

us

ed

by T

horn

e (1

978)

, A

rthu

r (1

988)

, and

LaC

ava’

s st

udy

(as

cite

d in

Gro

ssen

, 19

97).

Thir

teen

stu

dent

s w

ith s

ever

e be

havi

or

diso

rder

s in

Tho

rne’

s st

udy

mad

e ac

cura

cy a

nd

com

preh

ensi

on g

ains

bas

ed o

n 35

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

les

sons

; 25

stu

dent

s w

ith e

mot

iona

l di

stur

banc

e in

La

Cav

a’s

stud

y al

so

mad

e si

mila

r gai

ns; a

nd th

e se

vent

h an

d ei

ghth

gra

de

stud

ents

in A

rthu

r’s s

tudy

wer

e re

adin

g at

gra

de

leve

l af

ter

1 ye

ar o

f th

e C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng

prog

ram

, an

d ac

cura

cy a

nd c

ompr

ehen

sion

in

crea

sed

4.31

m

onth

s fo

r ev

ery

mon

th

of

inst

ruct

ion.

In

anot

her

stud

y,

Mal

mgr

en

and

Leon

e (2

000)

exa

min

ed th

e ac

adem

ic a

chie

vem

ent o

f 45

inca

rcer

ated

you

th 1

3 to

19

year

s ol

d us

ing

the

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pro

gram

(En

gelm

ann,

19

88).

Twen

ty w

ere

rece

ivin

g sp

ecia

l edu

catio

n

serv

ices

and

10

wer

e di

agno

sed

as E

BD

. Th

e C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

rogr

am w

as c

ondu

cted

ov

er

a 6-

wee

k pe

riod

fo

r 2

hour

s an

d 50

m

inut

es p

er d

ay f

or 5

day

s a

wee

k. R

esul

ts o

f th

e po

stte

st i

ndic

ated

a s

tatis

tical

ly s

igni

fi can

t di

ffere

nce

in t

he r

ate,

acc

urac

y, a

nd p

assa

ge

subt

ests

whe

n co

mpa

red

to p

rete

st d

ata.

Dat

a fr

om

the

com

preh

ensi

on

subt

ests

w

ere

not

sign

ifi ca

ntly

di

ffere

nt.

Mal

mgr

en

and

Leon

e st

ate

that

“th

e re

sults

...

dem

onst

rate

tha

t it

is

poss

ible

to

sign

ifi ca

ntly

im

prov

e re

adin

g sk

ills

for

low

-ach

ievi

ng j

uven

ile d

elin

quen

ts w

ith a

re

lativ

ely

brie

f int

erve

ntio

n” (p

. 245

).Th

e ra

tiona

le

for

this

st

udy

is

four

fold

: Fi

rst,

rese

arch

sup

port

s us

ing

DI

as a

mea

ns

of

impr

ovin

g re

adin

g ac

hiev

emen

t fo

r st

uden

ts

with

ch

alle

ngin

g be

havi

ors

and

read

ing

diffi

culti

es

(Ada

ms

&

Enge

lman

n,

1996

; G

ross

en,

1997

; M

alm

gren

&

Le

one,

20

00;

Whi

te,

1988

). Th

e re

sults

of

this

fut

ure

rese

arch

will

exp

and

the

liter

atur

e on

effe

ctiv

e re

adin

g in

terv

entio

ns fo

r st

uden

ts w

ith r

eadi

ng

prob

lem

s an

d st

uden

ts w

ho e

xhib

it ch

alle

ngin

g be

havi

or in

sch

ool s

ettin

gs.

Seco

nd,

ther

e is

a

need

fo

r ad

ditio

nal

rese

arch

re

gard

ing

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

sp

ecifi

c ac

adem

ic i

nter

vent

ions

with

stu

dent

s w

ith

chal

leng

ing

beha

vior

s.

Trad

ition

ally

, th

e ed

ucat

ion

for

stud

ents

with

cha

lleng

ing

beha

vior

s ha

s fo

cuse

d m

ore

on c

ontr

ollin

g an

d de

crea

sing

inap

prop

riat

e so

cial

beh

avio

rs th

an

on

prov

idin

g ef

fect

ive

acad

emic

in

stru

ctio

n (C

olem

an

&

Vau

ghn,

20

00).

Res

earc

h ha

s pr

ovid

ed

evid

ence

th

at

stud

ents

w

ith

chal

leng

ing

beha

vior

s do

ex

hibi

t re

adin

g pr

oble

ms.

Rec

ently

, res

earc

hers

hav

e be

gun

to

focu

s on

spe

cifi c

ins

truc

tiona

l st

rate

gies

tha

t ar

e ef

fect

ive

in im

prov

ing

read

ing

perf

orm

ance

of

st

uden

ts

with

ch

alle

ngin

g be

havi

ors

(Bab

yak,

Koo

rlan

d, &

Mat

hes,

200

0; C

olem

an

& V

augh

n).

This

stu

dy w

ill c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

lit

erat

ure

base

by

focu

sing

on

the

effe

cts

of

acad

emic

int

erve

ntio

ns a

nd t

he e

ffect

of

such

in

terv

entio

ns o

n st

uden

t cla

ssro

om b

ehav

ior.

Thir

d,

ther

e is

a

need

to

re

sear

ch

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

the

mos

t re

cent

edi

tion

of t

he

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pro

gram

(Eng

elm

ann

et a

l.,

1999

) on

the

rea

ding

ach

ieve

men

t of

stu

dent

s w

ith re

adin

g di

ffi cu

lties

. Cur

rent

ly, a

ll pu

blis

hed

stud

ies

(Ada

ms

& E

ngel

man

n, 1

996;

Mal

mgr

en

& L

eone

, 200

0; T

hom

pson

, 199

2) u

se th

e 19

88

vers

ion.

Fou

rth,

the

infl u

ence

of t

he C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

rogr

am o

n th

e fl u

ency

of g

rade

-lev

el

mat

eria

ls a

lso

is a

n ar

ea fo

r re

sear

ch. S

tude

nts

with

cha

lleng

ing

beha

vior

ofte

n ar

e ed

ucat

ed, a

t le

ast s

ome

port

ion

of th

e sc

hool

day

, in

gene

ral

educ

atio

n cl

assr

oom

s.

In

thes

e cl

assr

oom

s,

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/ M

ay 2

006

B

ehav

iora

l Dis

orde

rs, 3

1 (3

), 26

5–28

3

stud

ents

are

pre

sent

ed w

ith g

rade

-lev

el re

adin

g m

ater

ial t

hat t

hey

are

expe

cted

to d

ecod

e an

d co

mpr

ehen

d. I

f st

uden

ts a

re t

o be

suc

cess

ful

in th

e ge

nera

l edu

catio

n se

tting

, the

n ef

fect

ive

read

ing

inte

rven

tions

m

ust

be

impl

emen

ted

to

help

th

em

read

gr

ade-

leve

l m

ater

ial.

Futu

re r

esea

rch

is n

eede

d to

det

erm

ine

if th

e C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

rogr

am c

an a

ssis

t stu

dent

s in

rea

ding

gra

de-l

evel

pas

sage

s.Th

e re

sear

ch q

uest

ions

gui

ding

thi

s st

udy

are

as f

ollo

ws:

a)

Wha

t ar

e th

e ef

fect

s of

the

C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng

prog

ram

on

th

e or

al

read

ing

fl uen

cy

of

stud

ents

w

ith

read

ing

defi c

its a

nd c

halle

ngin

g be

havi

ors

on w

ithin

-pr

ogra

m p

assa

ges?

b)

Wha

t ar

e th

e ef

fect

s of

th

e C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

rogr

am o

n th

e or

al

read

ing

fl uen

cy f

or t

hese

stu

dent

s on

gra

de-

leve

l ge

nera

lizat

ion

pass

ages

? c)

W

hat

are

the

effe

cts

of t

he C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

rogr

am

on

the

soci

al

beha

vior

s of

th

ese

stud

ents

as

com

pare

d to

the

ir p

eers

dur

ing

read

ing-

rela

ted

inst

ruct

ion

in b

oth

spec

ial

and

gene

ral

educ

atio

n cl

assr

oom

s? a

nd d

) Wha

t is t

he so

cial

va

lidity

of

the

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pro

gram

as

asse

ssed

by

thes

e st

uden

ts a

nd t

heir

spe

cial

ed

ucat

ion

teac

hers

?

Met

hod

Part

icip

ants

Stud

ents

. Se

ven

ethn

ical

ly d

iver

se m

iddl

e sc

hool

stu

dent

s fr

om t

wo

spec

ial

educ

atio

n cl

assr

oom

s pa

rtic

ipat

ed

in

the

stud

y.

Tabl

e

1 re

port

s in

form

atio

n on

ea

ch

part

icip

ant’s

ag

e, d

isab

ility

cat

egor

y, r

eadi

ng a

sses

smen

t, so

cioe

cono

mic

st

atus

, ge

nder

, et

hnic

ity,

inst

ruct

iona

l re

adin

g le

vel,

and

beha

vior

al

prob

lem

s. S

tude

nts

sele

cted

for

par

ticip

atio

n re

ceiv

ed

read

ing

inst

ruct

ion

with

in

the

reso

urce

cl

assr

oom

, ha

d re

adin

g ob

ject

ives

an

d be

havi

oral

obj

ectiv

es o

n th

eir

indi

vidu

al

educ

atio

n pl

an (

IEP)

, w

ere

diag

nose

d w

ith a

m

ild d

isab

ility

(i.e

., EB

D,

LD,

or O

HI

[oth

er

heal

th i

mpa

irm

ent),

and

had

fre

quen

t, se

vere

, an

d in

tens

ive

chal

leng

ing

beha

vior

s du

ring

re

adin

g in

stru

ctio

n. O

vera

ll, t

hese

six

th a

nd

seve

nth

grad

e st

uden

ts

wer

e re

adin

g 2

to

4 ye

ars

belo

w t

hat

of t

heir

pee

rs a

nd d

aily

di

spla

yed

aggr

essi

ve,

nonc

ompl

iant

, an

d di

srup

tive

beha

vior

s du

ring

rea

ding

inst

ruct

ion

and

read

ing-

rela

ted

activ

ities

. In

ad

ditio

n,

in

revi

ewin

g th

e of

fi ce

disc

iplin

e re

ferr

al

info

rmat

ion

of t

he p

artic

ipan

ts,

they

had

12

to 4

9 re

ferr

als

for

the

curr

ent

scho

ol y

ear

as

com

pare

d to

the

3 or

few

er re

ferr

als f

or st

uden

ts

with

out a

nd w

ith o

ther

dis

abili

ties.

Seve

n ge

nera

l ed

ucat

ion

stud

ents

se

rved

as

co

mpa

riso

ns

duri

ng

beha

vior

al

obse

rvat

ions

w

ithin

th

e ge

nera

l ed

ucat

ion

clas

sroo

ms.

Th

ese

stud

ents

w

ere

sele

cted

ba

sed

on

teac

her

reco

mm

enda

tion.

Th

e te

ache

rs

reco

mm

ende

d th

ree

stud

ents

w

ho

they

tho

ught

exh

ibite

d av

erag

e or

exp

ecte

d be

havi

or fo

r st

uden

ts w

ithou

t dis

abili

ties

in th

e ge

nera

l edu

catio

n cl

assr

oom

. For

eac

h ge

nera

l ed

ucat

ion

clas

sroo

m a

nd f

rom

the

nom

inat

ed

gene

ral

educ

atio

n st

uden

ts,

one

stud

ent

was

TAB

LE 1

Stud

ent

Dem

ogra

phic

s

St

anda

rdiz

ed R

eadi

ng

Age

/

Rac

e/

Free

/Red

uced

G

rade

-Equ

ival

ent

Rea

ding

B

ehav

iora

lSt

uden

t G

ende

r G

rade

Et

hnic

ity

Lunc

h D

isab

ility

1 IQ

2 Sc

ore3

Ass

essm

ent4

Prob

lem

s5

Evan

13

.5/M

ale

7th

His

pani

c Ye

s LD

84

2.

1 20

6 10

John

13

.10/

Mal

e 7t

h A

fric

an-A

mer

. N

o O

HI

99

4.9

268

8, 9

Bill

14

.2/M

ale

7th

Afr

ican

-Am

er.

Yes

OH

I 85

2.

7 33

6 9

Dav

id

12.1

0/M

ale

7th

Afr

ican

-Am

er.

No

EBD

73

2.

4 39

0 9

Tam

my

12.1

/Fem

ale

6th

Afr

ican

-Am

er.

Yes

OH

I 81

3.

0 43

5 10

Ant

hony

11

.6/M

ale

6th

Afr

ican

-Am

er.

Yes

OH

I 86

4.

0 42

6 9,

10

Will

12

.5/M

ale

6th

Afr

ican

-Am

er.

Yes

EBD

87

1.

9 B

R6

8, 9

, 10

1 LD

, lea

rnin

g di

sabi

lity;

OH

I, ot

her

heal

th im

pair

men

t; EB

D, e

mot

iona

l and

beh

avio

ral d

isor

der.

2 Wes

chle

r In

telli

genc

e Sc

ale

for

Chi

ldre

n-III

(WIS

C-I

II) F

ull-

scal

e IQ

Sco

re.

3 Woo

dcoc

k R

eadi

ng M

aste

ry T

est-

Rev

ised

Nor

mat

ive

Upd

ate

(Woo

dcoc

k, 2

000)

Bas

ic S

kills

Clu

ster

Sco

re.

4 Sch

olas

tic R

eadi

ng In

vent

ory

(Sch

olas

tic In

c., 2

000)

. 5 8

, agg

ress

ion;

9, n

onco

mpl

ianc

e; 1

0, d

isru

ptiv

e.6 B

egin

ning

rea

der.

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avio

ral D

isor

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, 31

(3),

265–

283

May

200

6 / 2

69

rand

omly

sel

ecte

d fr

om t

he l

ist

to s

erve

as

the

com

pari

son

stud

ent d

urin

g sp

ecifi

c be

havi

oral

ob

serv

atio

ns.

Teac

hers

. Tw

o sp

ecia

l ed

ucat

ion

teac

hers

pa

rtic

ipat

ed i

n th

e st

udy

by i

mpl

emen

ting

the

inte

rven

tion

in t

he r

esou

rce

clas

sroo

ms.

Bot

h he

ld s

tate

cer

tifi c

atio

n fo

r K–1

2 in

lear

ning

and

be

havi

oral

dis

orde

rs a

nd e

ach

had

at l

east

2

year

s of

tea

chin

g ex

peri

ence

. Th

ese

teac

hers

re

ceiv

ed 3

hou

rs o

f tr

aini

ng i

n im

plem

entin

g th

e in

terv

entio

n (i.

e.,

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pr

ogra

m)

befo

re

begi

nnin

g th

e st

udy.

Th

e tr

aini

ng c

onsi

sted

of

a ve

rbal

des

crip

tion

of

the

prog

ram

, a d

emon

stra

tion

and

role

-pla

y of

th

e pr

ogra

m,

and

a de

taile

d ve

rbal

and

vis

ual

desc

ript

ion

and

role

-pla

y of

eac

h in

stru

ctio

nal

step

of

the

prog

ram

. A

fter

the

trai

ning

, th

e te

ache

rs

dem

onst

rate

d 10

0%

accu

racy

in

im

plem

entin

g al

l ste

ps o

f the

pro

gram

.

Sett

ing

We

used

an

urba

n, s

outh

east

ern

publ

ic

mid

dle

scho

ol

with

tw

o sp

ecia

l ed

ucat

ion

reso

urce

cl

assr

oom

s se

rvin

g st

uden

ts

with

em

otio

nal

and

beha

vior

al

diso

rder

s an

d le

arni

ng

disa

bilit

ies

in

this

st

udy.

Se

ssio

ns

wer

e co

nduc

ted

duri

ng

regu

larl

y sc

hedu

led

read

ing

and

lang

uage

art

per

iods

as

clos

e to

a

daily

bas

is a

s po

ssib

le.

Each

ses

sion

las

ted

appr

oxim

atel

y 45

min

utes

and

was

con

duct

ed

over

abo

ut a

3-m

onth

per

iod.

The

res

ourc

e cl

assr

oom

was

use

d fo

r in

terv

entio

n se

ssio

ns

and

for

beha

vior

al o

bser

vatio

ns d

urin

g so

cial

st

udie

s an

d sc

ienc

e pe

riod

s. S

ever

al g

ener

al

educ

atio

n cl

assr

oom

s al

so

wer

e us

ed

for

beha

vior

al o

bser

vatio

ns d

urin

g so

cial

stu

dies

, sc

ienc

e, p

ract

ical

livi

ng, t

echn

olog

y ed

ucat

ion,

an

d he

alth

per

iods

.

Mat

eria

ls

Mat

eria

ls i

nclu

ded

both

the

stu

dent

and

te

ache

r fo

rms

from

th

e C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng

prog

ram

(E

ngel

man

n et

al

., 19

99),

the

Woo

dcoc

k R

eadi

ng

Mas

tery

Te

st–R

evis

ed

Nor

mat

ive

Upd

ate

(WR

MT-

RN

U) F

orm

s G a

nd H

(W

oodc

ock,

199

8), p

assa

ges

from

the

Rea

ding

M

aste

ry

prog

ram

(E

ngel

man

n et

al

., 19

88),

beha

vior

al o

bser

vatio

n fo

rms,

and

stu

dent

and

te

ache

r qu

estio

nnai

res.

The

stu

dent

s en

tere

d th

e C

orre

ct R

eadi

ng p

rogr

am a

t an

appr

opri

ate

leve

l ba

sed

on

indi

vidu

ally

ad

min

iste

red

plac

emen

t te

sts

from

th

e pr

ogra

m’s

Seri

es

Gui

de.

In

addi

tion,

w

e de

velo

ped

20

gene

raliz

atio

n pa

ssag

es

from

ei

ther

ge

nera

l

educ

atio

n sc

ienc

e or

soc

ial s

tudi

es g

rade

-lev

el

text

s, e

ach

with

app

roxi

mat

ely

250

wor

ds.

Des

ign

Two

repl

icat

ions

of a

mul

tiple

pro

be d

esig

n ac

ross

stu

dent

s (S

koug

e, T

awne

y, &

Gas

t, 19

84)

wer

e us

ed t

o ev

alua

te t

he e

ffect

iven

ess

of t

he

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pro

gram

. W

e se

lect

ed a

m

ultip

le p

robe

des

ign

for

the

stud

y be

caus

e of

th

e re

peat

ed e

xpos

ure

of st

uden

ts to

the

read

ing

prob

es;

ther

efor

e, p

erio

dic

base

line

mea

sure

s w

ere

adm

inis

tere

d to

pr

even

t re

activ

ity

of

the

read

ing

prob

es.

Expe

rim

enta

l co

ntro

l w

as

esta

blis

hed

whe

n a

chan

ge i

n th

e de

pend

ent

vari

able

occ

urre

d on

ly a

fter t

he im

plem

enta

tion

of t

he C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

rogr

am i

n a

time-

lagg

ed

fash

ion.

O

nce

a pa

rtic

ipan

t w

as

intr

oduc

ed t

o th

e in

terv

entio

n, w

e co

llect

ed

peri

odic

ba

selin

e da

ta

on

the

rem

aini

ng

part

icip

ants

on

ce

a w

eek

and

imm

edia

tely

be

fore

impl

emen

ting

the

inte

rven

tion.

Inde

pend

ent V

aria

ble

and

Proc

edur

es

The

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pro

gram

was

the

in

depe

nden

t va

riab

le

and

was

de

sign

ed

to

impr

ove

the

read

ing

abili

ties

of s

tude

nts

in

the

four

th g

rade

or

high

er w

ho c

urre

ntly

rea

d be

low

gr

ade

leve

l. Th

e pr

ogra

m

prog

ress

es

from

bas

ic w

ord

atta

ck s

kills

to

mor

e di

ffi cu

lt so

und

com

bina

tions

and

wor

ds. T

he s

kills

then

ar

e ap

plie

d in

pas

sage

s of

inc

reas

ing

leng

th

and

com

plex

ity.

Whe

n th

e pr

ogra

m i

s us

ed,

the

teac

her

pres

ents

a s

crip

ted

less

on fo

llow

ed

by a

rea

ding

fl u

ency

pro

be f

rom

the

pro

gram

. Ea

ch i

nstr

uctio

nal

less

on l

aste

d ap

prox

imat

ely

45

min

utes

, w

ith

part

icip

ants

ad

vanc

ing

to

the

next

les

son

once

a c

rite

rion

of

mas

tery

w

as a

chie

ved.

If

a pa

rtic

ipan

t di

d no

t m

eet

the

crite

rion

th

en

anot

her

prog

ram

re

adin

g pr

obe

was

adm

inis

tere

d du

ring

the

fol

low

ing

sche

dule

d se

ssio

n.

Bas

elin

e.

Bas

elin

e da

ta

wer

e co

llect

ed

on e

ach

part

icip

ant’s

ora

l re

adin

g fl u

ency

for

C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

assa

ges

and

for

grad

e-le

vel

pass

ages

as

wel

l as

soc

ial

beha

vior

in

both

spe

cial

and

gen

eral

edu

catio

n cl

assr

oom

s du

ring

sch

edul

ed r

eadi

ng a

ctiv

ities

. B

asel

ine

cont

inue

d fo

r ea

ch p

artic

ipan

t fo

r a

min

imum

of

thr

ee s

essi

ons

or u

ntil

base

line

data

for

all

mea

sure

s w

ere

stab

le.

All

part

icip

ants

beg

an

base

line

at t

he s

ame

time;

how

ever

, on

ce o

ne

part

icip

ant w

as in

trod

uced

to th

e in

terv

entio

n,

part

icip

ants

in

the

rem

aini

ng t

iers

wer

e gi

ven

peri

odic

rea

ding

pro

bes.

Dur

ing

the

base

line

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/ M

ay 2

006

B

ehav

iora

l Dis

orde

rs, 3

1 (3

), 26

5–28

3

cond

ition

, eac

h pa

rtic

ipan

t was

pre

sent

ed w

ith

a re

adin

g pa

ssag

e on

his

/her

inst

ruct

iona

l lev

el

(as

dete

rmin

ed b

y th

e pl

acem

ent d

ata

and

from

th

e R

eadi

ng M

aste

ry p

rogr

am)

and

inst

ruct

ed

to r

ead

the

pass

age

oral

ly.

Part

icip

ants

wer

e gi

ven

a co

nsis

tent

, sc

ript

ed s

et o

f di

rect

ions

fr

om t

he t

each

er (

i.e.,

“I a

m g

oing

to

give

you

a

pass

age

to r

ead,

and

I a

m g

oing

to

time

you

for

one

min

ute

to s

ee h

ow m

any

wor

ds y

ou

read

. Pl

ease

rea

d qu

ickl

y, b

ut n

ot s

o fa

st t

hat

you

mak

e m

ista

kes.

Beg

in.”

) In

terv

entio

n.

Inte

rven

tion

data

w

ere

colle

cted

on

th

e sa

me

mea

sure

s as

du

ring

th

e ba

selin

e co

nditi

on.

Each

in

terv

entio

n se

ssio

n be

gan

with

the

tea

cher

im

plem

entin

g a

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

les

son.

A t

ypic

al l

esso

n in

clud

ed t

he f

ollo

win

g: a

) pa

rtic

ipan

ts i

n th

e in

terv

entio

n ph

ase

rece

ived

ins

truc

tion

in t

he

appr

opri

ate

less

on;

b) e

ach

less

on t

ypic

ally

be

gan

with

ins

truc

tion

on w

ord

atta

ck s

kills

, fo

llow

ed

by

wor

d re

adin

g,

stor

y re

adin

g,

indi

vidu

al r

eadi

ng, t

each

er-d

irec

ted

wor

kboo

k ex

erci

ses,

and

inde

pend

ent w

orkb

ook e

xerc

ises

; an

d c)

at t

he e

nd o

f the

less

on, t

he p

artic

ipan

t w

as g

iven

a C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

assa

ge to

read

w

ithin

1 m

inut

e an

d th

e te

ache

r use

d th

e sa

me

scri

pted

dir

ectio

ns f

or t

he r

eadi

ng p

assa

ges

as

in th

e ba

selin

e co

nditi

on. I

f the

par

ticip

ant m

et

the

fl uen

cy c

rite

rion

as

stat

ed in

the

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pr

ogra

m,

then

th

e pa

rtic

ipan

t ad

vanc

ed to

the

next

less

on a

nd re

adin

g pr

obe.

If

the

part

icip

ant

did

not

mee

t th

e fl u

ency

cr

iteri

on,

the

sam

e le

sson

w

as

repe

ated

, an

d th

en a

diff

eren

t bu

t co

mpa

rabl

e re

adin

g pa

ssag

e w

as a

dmin

iste

red.

At

the

conc

lusi

on

of e

ach

read

ing

prob

e, t

he t

each

er p

rovi

ded

feed

back

to

the

part

icip

ant

(e.g

., “Y

ou d

id a

gr

eat

job

toda

y. Y

ou r

ead

80 w

ords

cor

rect

ly

with

2 e

rror

s in

one

min

ute.

”).

Onc

e th

e fi r

st

part

icip

ant

achi

eved

the

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pr

ogra

m fl

uenc

y cr

iteri

on, t

hen

the

part

icip

ant

in th

e se

cond

tier

beg

an th

e in

terv

entio

n. O

nce

the

seco

nd p

artic

ipan

t ach

ieve

d cr

iteri

on, t

hen

the

thir

d pa

rtic

ipan

t be

gan

the

inte

rven

tion,

an

d so

on.

Gen

eral

izat

ion.

D

urin

g ba

selin

e an

d in

terv

entio

n co

nditi

ons,

pa

rtic

ipan

ts

wer

e pr

ovid

ed w

ith g

rade

-lev

el p

assa

ges

from

the

ge

nera

l edu

catio

n cu

rric

ulum

to re

ad a

loud

afte

r ev

ery

thir

d se

ssio

n. T

he p

artic

ipan

ts r

ecei

ved

the

sam

e se

t of

dir

ectio

ns f

or t

hese

rea

ding

pr

obes

as

for

the

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pas

sage

s in

bas

elin

e an

d in

terv

entio

n co

nditi

ons.

Dat

a w

ere

colle

cted

on

the

part

icip

ant’s

ora

l rea

ding

fl u

ency

and

err

ors.

The

stud

ent’s

teac

her a

nd th

e fi r

st a

utho

r se

lect

ed th

ese

grad

e-le

vel p

assa

ges

as p

assa

ges

that

the

stud

ent w

ould

be

aske

d to

read

ind

epen

dent

ly l

ater

in

the

scho

ol y

ear

as

part

of t

heir

sci

ence

and

soc

ial s

tudi

es g

ener

al

educ

atio

n cu

rric

ulum

. Th

e se

lect

ed p

assa

ges

wer

e ty

ped

to r

esem

ble

the

font

and

sty

le o

f th

e C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

assa

ges.

In

addi

tion,

to

ens

ure

that

eac

h se

lect

ed p

assa

ge w

as o

f eq

uiva

lent

read

ing

diffi

culty

, we

calc

ulat

ed th

e es

timat

ed r

eada

bilit

y gr

ade

leve

l us

ing

Fry’

s (1

968)

pro

cedu

res.

Eac

h ge

nera

lizat

ion

pass

age

was

app

roxi

mat

ely

250

wor

ds l

ong,

and

the

m

ean

grad

e le

vels

wer

e 7.

4 fo

r cl

assr

oom

1

(sev

enth

gra

de)

and

6.3

for

clas

sroo

m 2

(si

xth

grad

e).

Dep

ende

nt V

aria

bles

an

d D

ata

Col

lect

ion

We

colle

cted

da

ta

to

mea

sure

se

vera

l ac

adem

ic a

nd s

ocia

l de

pend

ent

vari

able

s in

th

e st

udy.

Aca

dem

ic M

easu

res.

Ora

l rea

ding

fl ue

ncy,

re

adin

g er

rors

, an

d re

adin

g ac

hiev

emen

t da

ta w

ere

mea

sure

d. T

he t

each

ers

colle

cted

ba

selin

e, in

terv

entio

n, a

nd g

ener

aliz

atio

n da

ta

on e

ach

part

icip

ant’s

ora

l rea

ding

fl ue

ncy.

Ora

l re

adin

g fl u

ency

was

defi

ned

as

the

num

ber

of

corr

ect w

ords

rea

d or

ally

per

min

ute.

Tea

cher

s al

so m

easu

red

the

num

ber o

f ora

l rea

ding

err

ors

each

par

ticip

ant m

ade.

An

oral

read

ing

erro

r was

de

fi ned

as:

(a) a

mis

pron

unci

atio

n of

sou

nds

or

wor

ds, (

b) a

sub

stitu

tion

of w

ords

not

incl

uded

in

the

pas

sage

, (c

) an

add

ition

or

inse

rtio

n of

w

ords

not

in th

e te

xt, (

d) a

pau

se lo

nger

than

3

seco

nds,

(e)

a s

kipp

ed s

ound

or

wor

d, a

nd (

f) a

reve

rsal

of

soun

ds o

r w

ords

. If

a pa

rtic

ipan

t m

ade

reve

rsal

s or

pau

sed,

the

teac

her

used

the

follo

win

g pr

oced

ures

and

cod

ing.

Rev

ersa

ls

of w

ords

wer

e co

ded

as o

ne e

rror

for

eac

h w

ord

read

out

of p

lace

(e.g

., “I

am

” in

the

text

re

ad a

s “a

m I

” is

tw

o er

rors

). Fo

llow

ing

a 3

seco

nd p

ause

, the

teac

her

stat

ed th

e w

ord

that

th

e pa

rtic

ipan

t di

d no

t kn

ow.

The

follo

win

g w

ere

not

code

d as

err

ors:

(a)

sel

f-co

rrec

tions

w

ithin

3

seco

nds

and

(b)

a pr

onun

ciat

ion

that

sou

nded

lik

e ho

w t

he p

artic

ipan

t ta

lks

in c

onve

rsat

ion

(e.g

., ar

ticul

atio

n, p

atte

rn,

or

acce

nt).

The

teac

her

reco

rded

the

tota

l num

ber

of

wor

ds

read

co

rrec

tly

(num

ber

of

wor

ds

read

min

us n

umbe

r of

err

ors)

and

the

num

ber

of e

rror

s w

hile

eac

h pa

rtic

ipan

t or

ally

rea

d a

pass

age

with

in 1

min

ute

at th

e co

nclu

sion

of a

C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng l

esso

n. I

n ad

ditio

n, b

efor

e th

e ba

selin

e co

nditi

on a

nd a

t th

e co

nclu

sion

of

th

e in

terv

entio

n,

each

pa

rtic

ipan

t w

as

adm

inis

tere

d th

e W

oodc

ock

Rea

ding

Mas

tery

Te

st-R

evis

ed N

orm

ativ

e U

pdat

e (W

RM

T-R

NU)

Form

G a

nd F

orm

H, r

espe

ctiv

ely.

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isor

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, 31

(3),

265–

283

May

200

6 / 2

71

Soci

al M

easu

res.

Dir

ect

obse

rvat

ion

data

on

par

ticip

ant (

both

thos

e w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s an

d co

mpa

riso

n pe

ers)

be

havi

or

wer

e co

llect

ed

duri

ng

base

line

and

inte

rven

tion

cond

ition

s in

bo

th

the

gene

ral

and

spec

ial

educ

atio

n cl

assr

oom

s w

hile

par

ticip

ants

eng

aged

in

oral

re

adin

g or

sile

nt re

adin

g ac

tiviti

es. O

bser

vatio

ns

wer

e co

unte

rbal

ance

d ac

ross

par

ticip

ants

and

w

ere

mad

e fo

r a

max

imum

of 2

5 m

inut

es o

r a

min

imum

of

10 m

inut

es,

3 tim

es p

er 6

sch

ool

days

. D

urin

g th

e ob

serv

atio

ns,

a 30

s p

artia

l-in

terv

al r

ecor

ding

met

hod

was

use

d to

mar

k th

e oc

curr

ence

of a

ppro

pria

te o

r in

appr

opri

ate

beha

vior

of

both

the

tar

get

part

icip

ants

and

co

mpa

riso

n pe

ers.

A

ppro

pria

te

beha

vior

w

as d

efi n

ed a

s be

ing

in t

heir

ass

igne

d ar

ea,

follo

win

g di

rect

ions

with

in 1

0 s

of th

e re

ques

t, an

d be

ing

on ta

sk.

Inap

prop

riat

e be

havi

or w

as

defi n

ed a

s (a

) ou

t of

are

a, a

ny m

ovem

ent

that

w

as o

ut o

f th

e ar

ea w

here

the

par

ticip

ant

was

as

sign

ed b

y th

e te

ache

r; (

b) n

onco

mpl

ianc

e,

failu

re

of

the

part

icip

ant

to

com

ply

with

te

ache

r di

rect

ions

with

in 1

0 s

of a

req

uest

; (c

) of

f ta

sk,

part

icip

ant’s

eye

s no

t di

rect

ed t

o th

e ta

sk a

t han

d or

at t

he s

peak

er fo

r 3 c

onse

cutiv

e se

cond

s or

long

er; a

nd (d

) dis

rupt

ive

beha

vior

, an

y ph

ysic

al c

onta

ct w

ith a

noth

er p

erso

n or

pe

rson

’s pr

oper

ty

or

any

soun

d cr

eate

d by

th

e pa

rtic

ipan

t th

at d

istr

acte

d th

at p

erso

n, a

pe

er,

or t

he t

each

er f

rom

the

pre

sent

tas

k. T

he

perc

enta

ges o

f int

erva

ls o

f app

ropr

iate

beh

avio

r w

ere

grap

hed

for

each

par

ticip

ant.

Soci

al V

alid

ity

The

part

icip

ants

and

teac

hers

com

plet

ed a

so

cial

val

idity

sur

vey

at t

he c

oncl

usio

n of

the

st

udy.

The

par

ticip

ant a

nd te

ache

r ver

sion

s eac

h ha

d 12

que

stio

ns, 9

with

a 3

-poi

nt L

iker

t sca

le

and

a pr

ompt

for

add

ition

al c

omm

ents

and

3

open

-end

ed q

uest

ions

. F

or t

he p

artic

ipan

t ve

rsio

n, w

e us

ed t

he F

rye

read

abili

ty f

orm

ula

to e

nsur

e th

at t

he p

artic

ipan

ts c

ould

rea

d th

e qu

estio

ns.

In a

dditi

on,

part

icip

ant

resp

onse

s w

ere

tape

reco

rded

to a

void

wri

ting

diffi

culti

es.

On

the

teac

her

vers

ion,

we

also

ask

ed fo

r th

eir

opin

ions

con

cern

ing

the

trai

ning

eac

h re

ceiv

ed

on h

ow to

impl

emen

t the

pro

gram

.

Rel

iabi

lity

Proc

edur

al

and

inte

robs

erve

r re

liabi

lity

was

cod

ed f

or a

t le

ast

20%

of

the

sess

ions

. Th

e fi r

st

auth

or

and

trai

ned

staf

f m

easu

red

proc

edur

al r

elia

bilit

y, w

hich

was

cal

cula

ted

usin

g th

e fo

llow

ing

form

ula

(Bill

ingl

sey,

W

hite

, &

Mun

son,

198

0):

num

ber

of t

each

er

beha

vior

s di

vide

d by

the

num

ber

of p

lann

ed

teac

her

beha

vior

s an

d th

e re

sult

mul

tiplie

d by

100

. Fo

r th

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts,

relia

bilit

y w

as

asse

ssed

for

24%

of t

he s

essi

ons

for W

ill, 2

7%

for

Tam

my

and

John

, 29

% f

or E

van,

30%

for

A

ntho

ny a

nd B

ill, a

nd 3

7% fo

r D

avid

. Ave

rage

ag

reem

ent

for

proc

edur

al r

elia

bilit

y w

as 9

6%

(ran

ge,

85 t

o 10

0%)

for

Tam

my,

97%

(ra

nge,

83

to

100%

) fo

r Ev

an,

and

100%

for

Ant

hony

, W

ill,

John

, B

ill,

and

Dav

id. T

he s

ame

pers

ons

mea

sure

d in

tero

bser

ver

relia

bilit

y fo

r th

e re

adin

g pr

obes

, w

hich

was

cal

cula

ted

usin

g th

e fo

llow

ing

form

ula:

num

ber o

f cor

rect

wor

ds

and

erro

r agr

eem

ents

div

ided

by

the

num

ber o

f ag

reem

ents

plu

s th

e nu

mbe

r of

dis

agre

emen

ts

and

the

sum

mul

tiplie

d by

100

. Rel

iabi

lity

was

as

sess

ed f

or 3

0% o

f th

e se

ssio

ns f

or B

ill,

35%

fo

r Tam

my,

36%

for

Dav

id, 4

0% fo

r Jo

hn, 4

1%

for

Will

, 42

% f

or E

van,

and

45%

for

Ant

hony

. A

vera

ge a

gree

men

t for

inte

robs

erve

r re

liabi

lity

was

98.

8% (

rang

e, 9

4 to

100

%)

for

Ant

hony

, 99

.3%

(ra

nge,

97

to 1

00%

) fo

r Ev

an,

99.9

%

(ran

ge,

99 t

o 10

0%)

for T

amm

y, a

nd 1

00%

for

W

ill,

John

, B

ill,

and

Dav

id. T

he s

ame

pers

ons

mea

sure

d in

tero

bser

ver r

elia

bilit

y fo

r the

dir

ect

obse

rvat

ions

, an

d th

e po

int-

by-p

oint

for

mul

a w

as u

sed

to c

alcu

late

thi

s re

liabi

lity

(Taw

ney

et a

l., 1

984)

. R

elia

bilit

y w

as a

sses

sed

for

21%

of

the

sess

ions

for T

amm

y, 2

7% fo

r Dav

id, 2

8%

for

Ant

hony

, 33

% f

or W

ill a

nd E

van,

36%

for

B

ill, a

nd 3

8% fo

r Joh

n. A

vera

ge a

gree

men

t was

93

% (r

ange

, 90

to 1

00%

) for

Eva

n, 9

5% (r

ange

, 90

to 1

00%

) for

Ant

hony

, Will

, and

Dav

id, 9

6%

(ran

ge, 9

3 to

100

%) f

or Jo

hn, 9

6% (r

ange

, 90

to

100%

) fo

r B

ill,

and

97%

(ra

nge,

90

to 1

00%

) fo

r Tam

my.

Res

ults

We

sum

mar

ize

the

effe

cts

of th

e C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

rogr

am se

para

tely

for e

ach

part

icip

ant

in r

elat

ion

to t

heir

rea

ding

fl u

ency

beh

avio

r an

d th

en i

n re

latio

n to

the

ir s

ocia

l be

havi

or,

and

disc

uss

the

soci

al v

alid

ity o

f the

pro

gram

.R

eadi

ng B

ehav

ior.

The

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

the

C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng

prog

ram

on

pa

rtic

ipan

t or

al r

eadi

ng fl

uen

cy i

s ill

ustr

ated

in

Figu

res

1 (c

lass

room

1) a

nd 2

(cla

ssro

om 2

) and

des

crib

ed

in T

able

2 (

clas

sroo

ms

1 an

d 2)

. O

ral

fl uen

cy

gene

raliz

atio

n fo

r pa

rtic

ipan

ts i

s ill

ustr

ated

in

Figu

re 3

(cla

ssro

om 1

) and

Fig

ure

4 (c

lass

room

2)

and

des

crib

ed T

able

2. T

able

3 g

ives

pre

- and

po

stte

st r

eadi

ng a

chie

vem

ent

data

(st

anda

rd

scor

es a

nd g

rade

equ

ival

enci

es).

A o

ne-t

aile

d t t

est r

evea

led

a si

gnifi

cant

diff

eren

ce b

etw

een

the

pret

est

scor

es (

M =

74.

4286

, SD

= 1

0.75

)

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iora

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orde

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5–28

3

Figu

re 1

. Cla

ssro

om 1

: Ora

l rea

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Pass

ages

1C

orr

ecti

ve R

ead

ing

Pass

ages

2

Joh

n

Bill

Dav

id

Not

e. 1 C

rite

ria

= 9

0 w

ords

per

min

ute

with

3 o

r fe

wer

err

ors;

2 Cri

teri

a =

95

wor

ds p

er m

inut

e w

ith 3

or

few

er e

rror

s;

dash

ed li

ne m

eans

intr

oduc

tion

of n

ew C

orre

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. Cla

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om 2

: Ora

l rea

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Number of Words Per Minute

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Pas

sage

s C

rite

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orr

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ve R

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ing

Pas

sage

s C

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An

tho

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Will

0

510

1520

2530

20406080100

120

140 0

510

1520

2530

20406080100

120

140

Not

e. 1 C

rite

ria

= 9

0 w

ords

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min

ute

with

3 o

r fe

wer

err

ors

for T

amm

y an

d A

ntho

ny; 2 C

rite

ria

= 5

5 w

ords

per

min

ute

with

3 o

r fe

wer

err

ors

for W

ill; 3 C

rite

ria

= 9

5 w

ords

per

min

ute

with

3 o

r fe

wer

err

ors

for T

amm

y an

d A

ntho

ny; d

ashe

d lin

e m

eans

in

trod

uctio

n of

new

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pas

sage

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3

Figu

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. Cla

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Bas

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e Le

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assa

ges

Du

rin

g C

orr

ecti

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ead

ing

Sess

ion

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Joh

n

Bill

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Figu

re 4

. Cla

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om 2

: Ora

l rea

ding

fl ue

ncy

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leve

l pas

sage

s.

109

87

65

43

21

Number of Words Per MinuteB

asel

ine

Gra

de

Leve

l Pas

sage

s D

uri

ng

Co

rrec

tive

Rea

din

g

Sess

ion

s

Will

110

100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

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21

An

tho

ny

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100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

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my

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iora

l Dis

orde

rs, 3

1 (3

), 26

5–28

3

and

post

test

sco

res

(M =

79.

7143

, SD

= 7

.49)

. Th

e ob

tain

ed t

(6)

valu

e of

3.2

745

was

gre

ater

th

an t

he c

ritic

al t

(6)

of 3

.143

for

α1

< .

01,

sugg

estin

g th

at th

e C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

rogr

am

may

hav

e co

ntri

bute

d to

the

impr

oved

rea

ding

ab

ilitie

s of

the

part

icip

ants

. Ev

an. E

van

mad

e re

adin

g fl u

ency

gai

ns o

n ea

ch

pass

age

pres

ente

d du

ring

in

terv

entio

n an

d co

mpl

eted

11

le

sson

s (2

1 in

terv

entio

n se

ssio

ns).

Dur

ing

base

line

for

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pas

sage

s, h

is re

adin

g ra

te ra

nged

from

76

cor

rect

wor

ds p

er m

inut

e (c

wpm

) w

ith 1

0 er

rors

to

90 c

wpm

with

7 e

rror

s. H

is r

eadi

ng

rate

dur

ing

inte

rven

tion

for

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pa

ssag

es r

ange

d fr

om 5

8 cw

pm w

ith 6

err

ors

to 1

17 c

wpm

with

0 e

rror

s. D

urin

g ba

selin

e fo

r gen

eral

izat

ion

pass

ages

, Eva

n’s

read

ing

rate

ra

nged

fro

m 3

5 cw

pm w

ith 1

2 er

rors

to

45

cwpm

with

16

erro

rs.

His

rea

ding

rat

e du

ring

in

terv

entio

n fo

r gen

eral

izat

ion

pass

ages

rang

ed

from

53

cwpm

with

4 e

rror

s to

80

cwpm

w

ith 4

err

ors.

Bot

h Ev

an’s

stan

dard

and

gra

de

equi

vale

nt

scor

es

incr

ease

d on

th

e po

stte

st

WR

MT-

R.

John

. Jo

hn m

ade

read

ing

fl uen

cy g

ains

on

each

pa

ssag

e pr

esen

ted

duri

ng

inte

rven

tion

and

com

plet

ed

11

less

ons

(11

inte

rven

tion

sess

ions

). D

urin

g ba

selin

e fo

r C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng

pass

ages

, hi

s re

adin

g ra

te

rang

ed

from

73

cwpm

with

1 e

rror

to 9

0 cw

pm w

ith 4

er

rors

. H

is r

eadi

ng r

ate

duri

ng i

nter

vent

ion

for

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pas

sage

s ra

nged

fro

m 9

2 cw

pm w

ith 3

err

ors

to 1

14 c

wpm

with

1 e

rror

. D

urin

g ba

selin

e fo

r ge

nera

lizat

ion

pass

ages

, Jo

hn’s

read

ing

rate

ran

ged

from

71

cwpm

with

4

erro

rs to

79

cwpm

with

4 e

rror

s. H

is r

eadi

ng

rate

du

ring

in

terv

entio

n fo

r ge

nera

lizat

ion

pass

ages

ran

ged

from

88

cwpm

with

2 e

rror

s to

93

cwpm

with

1 e

rror

. Bot

h Jo

hn’s

stan

dard

an

d gr

ade

equi

vale

nt s

core

s in

crea

sed

on t

he

post

test

WR

MT-

R.

Bill

. B

ill m

ade

min

imal

rea

ding

fl u

ency

ga

ins

on

each

pa

ssag

e pr

esen

ted

duri

ng

inte

rven

tion

and

com

plet

ed

six

less

ons

(six

TAB

LE 2

Cla

ssro

oms

1 an

d 2:

Mea

n N

umbe

r of

Cor

rect

Wor

ds p

er M

inut

e an

d Er

rors

on

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

Pas

sage

s an

d G

ener

aliz

atio

n Pa

ssag

es

Bas

elin

e M

ean1 /

Gen

eral

izat

ion

Mea

n2 In

terv

enti

on M

ean1 /

Gen

eral

izat

ion

Mea

n2

Stud

ent

Cor

rect

Er

rors

C

orre

ct

Erro

rs

Cla

ssro

om 1

Ev

an

81.7

/39

8.3/

13.3

88

.6/6

8.4

1.9/

3.9

Jo

hn

81.5

/75.

3 2.

8/4.

3 10

5.1/

90.4

1.

1/1.

8

Bill

97

.3/7

4.7

7/13

.3

115.

7/93

.7

2.2/

5

Dav

id

91/3

8.7

4.3/

14

102/

53

2/8

Cla

ssro

om 2

Ta

mm

y 11

2.4/

68

5.2/

16

121.

5/87

.3

1.7/

10.4

A

ntho

ny

73.6

/47

3.7/

7.7`

10

0.2/

69.5

1.

6/5

W

ill

45.4

/13

6/12

.3

68.5

/39

1.3/

73

1 Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pas

sage

s.2 G

rade

-lev

el p

assa

ges

from

gen

eral

edu

catio

n cu

rric

ulum

. TAB

LE 3

Stan

dard

Sco

res

and

Gra

de E

quiv

alen

ts o

n th

e W

oodc

ock

Rea

ding

Mas

tery

Tes

t—R

evis

ed N

orm

ativ

e U

pdat

e

Sta

ndar

d Sc

ores

G

rade

Equ

ival

ents

Num

ber

of C

RSt

uden

t Pr

etes

t Po

stte

st

Dif

fere

nce

Pret

est

Post

test

D

iffe

renc

e Le

sson

s C

ompl

eted

Evan

65

74

+

9 2.

3 3.

0 +

0.7

12Jo

hn

84

87

+3

4.7

5.3

+0.

6 12

Bill

68

73

+

5 2.

7 3.

3

+0.

6 7

Dav

id

71

75

+4

2.6

3.2

+2.

6 6

Tam

my

80

87

+7

3.0

4.2

+1.

2 20

Ant

hony

91

89

-2

4.

4 4.

2 -0

.2

14W

ill

62

73

+11

1.

8 2.

8 +

1.0

11

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avio

ral D

isor

ders

, 31

(3),

265–

283

May

200

6 / 2

77

inte

rven

tion

sess

ions

). D

urin

g ba

selin

e fo

r C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

assa

ges,

his

rea

ding

rat

e ra

nged

fro

m 9

4 cw

pm w

ith 8

err

ors

to 1

01

cwpm

with

7 e

rror

s. H

is r

eadi

ng r

ate

duri

ng

inte

rven

tion

for

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pas

sage

s ra

nged

fro

m 1

03 c

wpm

with

2 e

rror

s to

126

cw

pm

with

2

erro

rs.

Dur

ing

base

line

for

gene

raliz

atio

n pa

ssag

es,

Bill

’s re

adin

g ra

te

rang

ed f

rom

60

cwpm

with

16

erro

rs t

o 86

cw

pm w

ith 1

4 er

rors

. H

is r

eadi

ng r

ate

duri

ng

inte

rven

tion

for g

ener

aliz

atio

n pa

ssag

es ra

nged

fr

om 9

3 cw

pm w

ith 5

err

ors

to 9

4 cw

pm w

ith 4

er

rors

. Bot

h B

ill’s

stan

dard

and

gra

de e

quiv

alen

t sc

ores

incr

ease

d on

the

post

test

WR

MT-

R.

Dav

id.

Dav

id

mad

e m

oder

ate

read

ing

fl uen

cy

gain

s on

ea

ch

pass

age

pres

ente

d du

ring

inte

rven

tion

and

com

plet

ed fi

ve le

sson

s (fi

ve

inte

rven

tion

sess

ions

). D

urin

g ba

selin

e fo

r C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

assa

ges,

his

rea

ding

ra

te r

ange

d fr

om 8

5 cw

pm w

ith 7

err

ors

to

99

cwpm

w

ith

4 er

rors

. H

is

read

ing

rate

du

ring

in

terv

entio

n fo

r C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng

pass

ages

ran

ged

from

90

cwpm

with

3 e

rror

s to

106

cw

pm w

ith 2

err

ors.

Dur

ing

base

line

for

gene

raliz

atio

n pa

ssag

es,

Dav

id’s

read

ing

rate

rang

ed fr

om 3

6 cw

pm w

ith 1

2 er

rors

to 4

2 cw

pm w

ith 1

4 er

rors

. H

is r

eadi

ng r

ate

duri

ng

inte

rven

tion

for g

ener

aliz

atio

n pa

ssag

es ra

nged

fr

om 4

1 cw

pm w

ith 1

5 er

rors

to 6

0 cw

pm w

ith

5 er

rors

. B

oth

Dav

id’s

stan

dard

an

d gr

ade

equi

vale

nt

scor

es

incr

ease

d on

th

e po

stte

st

WR

MT-

R.

Tam

my.

Ta

mm

y m

ade

min

imal

re

adin

g fl u

ency

ga

ins

on

each

pa

ssag

e pr

esen

ted

duri

ng i

nter

vent

ion

and

com

plet

ed 1

9 le

sson

s (1

9 in

terv

entio

n le

sson

s).

Dur

ing

base

line

for

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pas

sage

s, h

er r

eadi

ng

rate

ran

ged

from

98

cwpm

with

7 e

rror

s to

13

3 cw

pm w

ith 5

err

ors.

Her

rea

ding

rat

e du

ring

in

terv

entio

n fo

r C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng

pass

ages

ran

ged

from

98

cwpm

with

1 e

rror

to

144

cw

pm w

ith 3

err

ors.

Dur

ing

base

line

for

gene

raliz

atio

n pa

ssag

es,

Tam

my’

s re

adin

g ra

te r

ange

d fr

om 5

0 cw

pm w

ith 2

1 er

rors

to

86 c

wpm

with

12

erro

rs.

Her

rea

ding

rat

e du

ring

inte

rven

tion

for

gene

raliz

atio

n pa

ssag

es

rang

ed f

rom

71

cwpm

with

16

erro

rs t

o 10

3 cw

pm w

ith 1

2 er

rors

. B

oth

Tam

my’

s st

anda

rd

and

grad

e eq

uiva

lent

sco

res

incr

ease

d on

the

po

stte

st W

RM

T-R

. A

ntho

ny.

Ant

hony

mad

e re

adin

g fl u

ency

ga

ins

on

each

pa

ssag

e pr

esen

ted

duri

ng

inte

rven

tion

and

com

plet

ed

13

less

ons

(13

inte

rven

tion

sess

ions

). D

urin

g ba

selin

e fo

r C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

assa

ges,

his

rea

ding

rat

e ra

nged

fro

m 6

4 cw

pm w

ith 3

err

ors

to 8

8 cw

pm w

ith 4

err

ors.

His

rea

ding

rat

e du

ring

inte

rven

tion

for

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pas

sage

s ra

nged

fro

m 9

4 cw

pm w

ith 0

err

ors

to 1

20

cwpm

w

ith

3 er

rors

. D

urin

g ba

selin

e fo

r ge

nera

lizat

ion

pass

ages

, A

ntho

ny’s

read

ing

rate

ran

ged

from

39

cwpm

with

11

erro

rs t

o 63

cw

pm w

ith 6

err

ors.

His

read

ing

rate

dur

ing

inte

rven

tion

for g

ener

aliz

atio

n pa

ssag

es ra

nged

fr

om 5

8 cw

pm w

ith 9

err

ors

to 7

9 cw

pm w

ith

3 er

rors

. B

oth

Ant

hony

’s st

anda

rd a

nd g

rade

eq

uiva

lent

sco

res

decr

ease

d on

the

pos

ttest

W

RM

T-R

.W

ill.

Will

mad

e re

adin

g fl u

ency

gai

ns o

n ea

ch p

assa

ge p

rese

nted

dur

ing

inte

rven

tion

and

com

plet

ed 1

1 le

sson

s (13

inte

rven

tion

sess

ions

). H

e pl

aced

at

a lo

wer

ins

truc

tiona

l le

vel

than

hi

s pe

ers.

D

urin

g ba

selin

e fo

r C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

assa

ges,

his

read

ing

rate

rang

ed fr

om

44 c

wpm

with

8 e

rror

s to

47

cwpm

with

5

erro

rs.

His

rea

ding

rat

e du

ring

int

erve

ntio

n fo

r C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng p

assa

ges

rang

ed f

rom

51

cwpm

with

3 e

rror

s to

97

cwpm

with

0 e

rror

s.

Dur

ing

base

line

for

gene

raliz

atio

n pa

ssag

es,

Will

’s re

adin

g ra

te ra

nged

from

8 c

wpm

with

12

erro

rs t

o 16

cw

pm w

ith 1

2 er

rors

. H

is r

eadi

ng

rate

du

ring

in

terv

entio

n fo

r ge

nera

lizat

ion

pass

ages

ran

ged

from

19

cwpm

with

12

erro

rs

to 5

2 cw

pm w

ith 5

err

ors.

Bot

h W

ill’s

stan

dard

an

d gr

ade

equi

vale

nt s

core

s in

crea

sed

on t

he

post

test

WR

MT-

R.

Soci

al B

ehav

ior.

Fig

ures

5 (

clas

sroo

m 1

) an

d 6

(cla

ssro

om

2)

illus

trat

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts’

beha

vior

al

data

. O

vera

ll,

the

appr

opri

ate

soci

al

beha

vior

s fo

r th

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts

and

com

pari

son

peer

s w

ere

vari

able

ac

ross

th

e sp

ecia

l an

d ge

nera

l ed

ucat

ion

setti

ngs

duri

ng

read

ing-

rela

ted

activ

ities

. G

ener

ally

, Jo

hn,

Bill

, D

avid

, an

d W

ill

disp

laye

d de

crea

sing

pe

rcen

tage

s of

ap

prop

riat

e be

havi

or

acro

ss

both

th

e sp

ecia

l an

d ge

nera

l ed

ucat

ion

setti

ngs

duri

ng

the

inte

rven

tion

cond

ition

s,

whe

reas

Eva

n di

spla

yed

over

all

incr

ease

s in

ap

prop

riat

e be

havi

or d

urin

g th

e in

terv

entio

n in

bot

h se

tting

s. T

amm

y’s

beha

vior

was

the

m

ost

vari

able

, an

d sh

e di

spla

yed

over

all

incr

ease

s in

her

app

ropr

iate

beh

avio

rs i

n th

e ge

nera

l ed

ucat

ion

setti

ng a

s co

mpa

red

to t

he

spec

ial

educ

atio

n se

tting

w

here

as

Ant

hony

di

spla

yed

the

inve

rse.

No

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

the

part

icip

ant’s

soc

ial

beha

vior

and

tha

t of

th

eir

peer

s co

uld

be m

ade

with

the

obs

erve

d in

terv

als.

Soci

al V

alid

ity.

Six

part

icip

ants

ind

icat

ed

that

the

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pro

gram

hel

ped

impr

ove

thei

r re

adin

g ab

ilitie

s an

d th

at t

hey

liked

th

e re

adin

g pa

ssag

es;

how

ever

, fo

ur

did

not

know

if

they

wou

ld l

ike

to u

se t

he

prog

ram

aga

in.

Bot

h te

ache

rs i

ndic

ated

tha

t

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/ M

ay 2

006

B

ehav

iora

l Dis

orde

rs, 3

1 (3

), 26

5–28

3

Figu

re 5

. Cla

ssro

om 1

: App

ropr

iate

stu

dent

beh

avio

rs in

sp

ecia

l and

gen

eral

edu

cati

on c

lass

room

s.1,

2

Not

e. 1 S

PED

, spe

cial

edu

catio

n cl

assr

oom

s; 2 G

EN, g

ener

al e

duca

tion

clas

sroo

ms.

0

12

34

56

79

810

1112

1314

20 10304070 60 5090 80100

Percentage of Intervals of Appropriate Behavior

Key

: Evan

-SPE

D1

Peer

-SPE

D

Evan

-GEN

2

Peer

-GEN

Bas

elin

eIn

terv

enti

on

0

12

34

56

79

810

1112

1314

20 10304070 60 5090 80100

Key

: Joh

n-S

PED

1

Peer

-SPE

D

Joh

n-G

EN2

Peer

-GEN

0

12

34

56

79

810

1112

1314

20 10304070 60 5090 80100

Key

: Dav

id-S

PED

1

Peer

-SPE

D

Dav

id-G

EN2

Peer

-GEN

0

12

34*

5*6

79

8

*

1110

*12

1314

20 10304070 60 5090 80100

Key

: Bill

-SPE

D1

Peer

-SPE

D

Bill

-GEN

2

Peer

-GEN

Safe

Sess

ion

s

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/ M

ay 2

006

B

ehav

iora

l Dis

orde

rs, 3

1 (3

), 26

5–28

3

the

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pro

gram

im

prov

ed t

he

read

ing

abili

ties

of

thei

r st

uden

ts,

that

th

ey

wou

ld

cont

inue

to

im

plem

ent

the

prog

ram

, an

d th

at t

hey

felt

prep

ared

to

impl

emen

t th

e pr

ogra

m.

Dis

cuss

ion

This

st

udy

exam

ined

th

e ef

fect

s of

th

e C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng

prog

ram

on

th

e re

adin

g ab

ility

an

d cl

assr

oom

be

havi

ors

of

seve

n et

hnic

ally

div

erse

mid

dle

scho

ol s

tude

nts

with

se

vere

an

d in

tens

ive

chal

leng

ing

beha

vior

s an

d re

adin

g di

ffi cu

lties

. The

fi n

ding

s fr

om t

his

stud

y ad

d to

the

res

earc

h ba

se t

hat

supp

orts

th

e be

nefi t

s of

D

irec

t In

stru

ctio

n on

th

e re

adin

g pe

rfor

man

ces

of s

tude

nts

with

mild

di

sabi

litie

s (L

aCav

a, 1

992;

Mal

mgr

en &

Leo

ne,

2000

; Th

orne

, 19

78).

This

stu

dy e

xten

ded

the

Mal

mgr

en a

nd L

eone

stu

dy i

n te

rms

of a

ge

of

part

icip

ants

, se

tting

, an

d th

e us

e of

th

e m

ost

rece

nt e

ditio

n of

the

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pr

ogra

m.

In a

dditi

on,

the

resu

lts s

ugge

st t

hat

the

new

est

vers

ion

of t

he C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng

prog

ram

pos

itive

ly a

ffect

ed t

he s

tude

nts’

ora

l re

adin

g fl u

ency

. The

fi n

ding

s lin

ked

to r

eadi

ng

perf

orm

ance

of

bo

th

the

inst

ruct

iona

l-le

vel

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pas

sage

s an

d ge

nera

lizat

ion

grad

e-le

vel p

assa

ges,

and

par

ticip

ant b

ehav

iors

du

ring

re

adin

g in

stru

ctio

n,

are

sum

mar

ized

be

low

w

ith

stud

y lim

itatio

ns

and

futu

re

dire

ctio

ns fo

llow

ing.

Part

icip

ant

Rea

ding

Per

form

ance

We

had

seve

ral

posi

tive

fi ndi

ngs

rela

ted

to

part

icip

ant

read

ing

perf

orm

ance

. Fi

rst,

all

part

icip

ants

’ cw

pm

inte

rven

tion

mea

ns

exce

eded

th

e cw

pm

base

line

mea

ns.

Five

pa

rtic

ipan

ts d

emon

stra

ted

thes

e ga

ins

duri

ng

the

fi rst

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

pas

sage

read

dur

ing

the

inte

rven

tion

cond

ition

. A

ntho

ny h

ad t

he

high

est

gain

in

mea

n cw

pm,

from

bas

elin

e (7

3.6)

to in

terv

entio

n (1

00.2

), w

here

as E

van

had

the

low

est

gain

in

mea

n cw

pm,

from

bas

elin

e (8

1.7)

to

inte

rven

tion

(88.

6).

In a

dditi

on,

all

part

icip

ants

ha

d a

redu

ctio

n in

th

e m

ean

num

ber

of e

rror

s fr

om b

asel

ine

to in

terv

entio

n,

ther

eby

mai

ntai

ning

hig

h ra

tes

of a

ccur

acy

as

thei

r re

adin

g ra

tes

incr

ease

d. T

hese

fi n

ding

s su

ppor

t the

impo

rtan

ce o

f mai

ntai

ning

rea

ding

ac

cura

cy w

hile

incr

easi

ng re

adin

g ra

te (C

arni

ne

et a

l., 1

997)

.Se

cond

, ea

ch

part

icip

ant

also

sh

owed

su

bsta

ntia

l evi

denc

e of

tran

sfer

of fl

uen

cy g

ains

to

the

gra

de-l

evel

gen

eral

izat

ion

pass

ages

. A

ll

part

icip

ants

dem

onst

rate

d an

inc

reas

e in

the

m

ean

cwpm

and

a r

educ

tion

in t

he n

umbe

r of

er

rors

fr

om

base

line

to

inte

rven

tion.

Fo

r ex

ampl

e,

Evan

ha

d th

e hi

ghes

t ga

in

acro

ss

cond

ition

s w

ith a

mea

n 39

cw

pm i

n ba

selin

e to

68.

4 cw

pm i

n in

terv

entio

n an

d D

avid

had

th

e lo

wes

t ga

in a

cros

s co

nditi

ons

with

a m

ean

of 3

8.7

cwpm

in

base

line

to 5

3 cw

pm i

n th

e in

terv

entio

n.Th

ird,

six

of

the

seve

n pa

rtic

ipan

ts’

over

all

read

ing

abili

ty i

ncre

ased

as

indi

cate

d on

the

W

oodc

ock

John

son

Rea

ding

M

aste

ry

Test

. St

atis

tical

ly

sign

ifi ca

nt

pret

est

to

post

test

ga

ins

wer

e ob

serv

ed f

or t

he c

ombi

ned

grou

p.

For

exam

ple,

Dav

id i

ncre

ased

fro

m a

gra

de

equi

vale

ncy

of 2

.6 t

o 3.

2 af

ter

6 C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng le

sson

s, a

nd W

ill in

crea

sed

from

a 1

.8

to a

2.8

afte

r 11

les

sons

. M

ost

of t

he s

tude

nts

mad

e gr

ade-

equi

vale

ncy

gain

s ov

er

a sh

ort

peri

od

of

time

whe

n co

mpl

etin

g a

limite

d nu

mbe

r of l

esso

ns, w

hich

als

o w

as fo

und

in th

e M

alm

gren

and

Leo

ne (2

000)

stu

dy.

Four

th,

fi ve

of

the

seve

n st

uden

ts

met

re

adin

g cr

iteri

a to

mov

e to

the

nex

t C

orre

ct

Rea

ding

le

sson

w

ith

a si

ngle

in

terv

entio

n le

sson

. B

oth

Evan

and

Will

nee

ded

mul

tiple

in

terv

entio

n se

ssio

ns t

o re

ach

the

crite

rion

for

si

x le

sson

s an

d on

e le

sson

, res

pect

ivel

y.

Part

icip

ant

Beh

avio

r Pe

rfor

man

ce

The

resu

lts o

f th

is s

tudy

did

not

est

ablis

h a

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

impr

oved

ora

l re

adin

g fl u

ency

an

d a

redu

ctio

n of

in

appr

opri

ate

beha

vior

fo

r th

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts.

Non

e of

th

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts

dem

onst

rate

d im

prov

emen

t in

th

eir

soci

al b

ehav

ior

duri

ng t

he i

nter

vent

ion

cond

ition

whe

n en

gage

d in

rea

ding

act

iviti

es

outs

ide

the

Cor

rect

ive

Rea

ding

se

ssio

ns.

The

vari

abili

ty

in

the

part

icip

ants

’ so

cial

be

havi

or m

ay b

e du

e to

sev

eral

fac

tors

. Fi

rst,

the

task

dem

ands

acr

oss

the

setti

ngs

vari

ed;

ther

efor

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts e

ngag

ed i

n ap

prop

riat

e or

ina

ppro

pria

te b

ehav

ior

larg

ely

depe

nden

t on

w

hat

dem

ands

w

ere

in

plac

e.

Seco

nd,

teac

her

beha

vior

s va

ried

acr

oss

the

diffe

rent

se

tting

s ob

serv

ed,

with

the

spe

cifi c

infl

uen

ce

of s

uch

teac

her

beha

vior

s on

stu

dent

beh

avio

r re

mai

ning

unk

now

n. T

hird

, ea

ch p

artic

ipan

t de

mon

stra

ted

min

imal

tre

atm

ent

effe

cts,

and

th

ese

effe

cts

may

ac

coun

t fo

r th

e la

ck

of

posi

tive

infl u

ence

on

stud

ent

soci

al b

ehav

iors

du

ring

oth

er r

eadi

ng-r

elat

ed a

ctiv

ities

.

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isor

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(3),

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283

May

200

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Lim

itat

ions

and

Fut

ure

Dir

ecti

ons

Seve

ral

limita

tions

of

this

stu

dy w

arra

nt

men

tion

and

coul

d be

impr

oved

on

with

futu

re

rese

arch

. Fi

rst,

the

part

icip

ants

had

a w

ide

rang

e of

rea

ding

abi

litie

s. T

hus,

som

e m

oved

m

ore

rapi

dly

thro

ugh

the

less

ons

than

oth

ers.

Fo

r ex

ampl

e, E

van

requ

ired

mor

e in

stru

ctio

n to

m

eet

crite

ria

than

ot

her

part

icip

ants

. If

othe

r pa

rtic

ipan

ts w

ere

in h

is r

eadi

ng g

roup

, th

en t

heir

pro

gres

s w

ould

hav

e be

en s

low

ed.

Futu

re r

esea

rch

may

wan

t to

grou

p st

uden

ts o

f si

mila

r re

adin

g fl u

ency

lev

els;

how

ever

, th

is

is a

cha

lleng

e gi

ven

the

wid

e ra

nge

of a

bilit

y le

vels

am

ong

stud

ents

in

spec

ial

educ

atio

n cl

assr

oom

s.Se

cond

, ea

ch

part

icip

ant’s

ba

ckgr

ound

an

d pr

efer

ence

of

read

ing

mat

eria

l m

ay h

ave

infl u

ence

d th

e da

ta

from

th

e gr

ade-

leve

l ge

nera

lizat

ion

pass

ages

. Th

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts’

read

ing

diffi

culti

es

(see

Ta

ble

1 fo

r re

adin

g sc

ores

) an

d su

bseq

uent

ab

ility

to

in

depe

nden

tly a

nd a

ccur

atel

y re

ad t

ext

from

gr

ade-

leve

l m

ater

ials

is

an i

mpo

rtan

t is

sue.

In

man

y ca

ses,

stu

dent

s w

ith k

now

n re

adin

g di

ffi cu

lties

are

ask

ed t

o re

ad s

ubje

ct t

exts

in

gene

ral

educ

atio

n cl

assr

oom

s th

at h

ave

not

been

ada

pted

to

mat

ch t

heir

abi

litie

s. S

uch

was

the

case

in th

is s

tudy

whe

re p

artic

ipan

ts in

cl

assr

oom

1 h

ad a

n av

erag

e gr

ade-

equi

vale

nt

scor

e of

3.0

and

cla

ssro

om 2

had

an

aver

age

scor

e of

2.9

whi

le th

e ge

nera

lizat

ion

pass

ages

w

ere

four

and

thr

ee g

rade

lev

els

abov

e th

at

of t

he s

tude

nts’

abi

litie

s, r

espe

ctiv

ely.

Fut

ure

rese

arch

may

wan

t to

ass

ess

the

effe

cts

of

clos

er

mat

ches

be

twee

n st

uden

ts’

abili

ty

and

subj

ect

grad

e-le

vel

text

on

oral

rea

ding

fl u

ency

. In

ad

ditio

n,

if pa

rtic

ipan

ts

wer

e in

tere

sted

in

the

subj

ect

mat

ter

of t

he p

assa

ge

or

had

posi

tive

hist

orie

s in

th

ese

gene

ral

educ

atio

n cl

assr

oom

s, t

heir

per

form

ance

may

ha

ve b

een

affe

cted

. Sev

eral

of t

he p

artic

ipan

ts

verb

ally

pro

test

ed t

heir

lac

k of

cho

ice

once

ex

pose

d to

a g

ener

aliz

atio

n pa

ssag

e. F

utur

e re

sear

ch c

ould

foc

us o

n pr

ovid

ing

stud

ents

w

ith c

halle

ngin

g be

havi

ors

with

a c

hoic

e of

ge

nera

lizat

ion

pass

ages

. G

ivin

g ch

oice

s to

st

uden

ts

with

ch

alle

ngin

g be

havi

ors

duri

ng

acad

emic

act

iviti

es h

as r

esul

ted

in i

ncre

ased

ac

adem

ic e

ngag

emen

t an

d ac

cura

cy a

s w

ell

as

decr

ease

d in

appr

opri

ate

beha

vior

(e

.g.,

Cla

rke

et a

l., 1

995;

Jol

ivet

te,

Weh

by,

Can

ale,

&

Mas

sey,

200

1).

Thir

d,

the

num

ber

of

beha

vior

al

obse

rvat

ions

co

nduc

ted

acro

ss

part

icip

ants

an

d se

tting

s (g

ener

al e

duca

tion

vers

us s

peci

al

educ

atio

n) w

as u

nequ

al,

for

seve

ral

reas

ons.

Firs

t, ni

ne d

ays

of p

lann

ed o

bser

vatio

ns w

ere

canc

elle

d be

caus

e of

sc

hool

ca

ncel

latio

ns.

Seco

nd, a

bsen

ces

of p

artic

ipan

ts fo

r un

know

n re

ason

s (e

.g.,

Dav

id w

as a

bsen

t for

2 w

eeks

at

the

end

of th

e st

udy)

and

in-s

choo

l sus

pens

ions

(e

.g.,

Bill

and

Will

wer

e su

spen

ded

for

3 da

ys,

Tam

my

and

Ant

hony

for

1 da

y) w

ere

freq

uent

. Fu

ture

re

sear

ch

shou

ld

be

cond

ucte

d w

ith

stud

ents

with

min

imal

his

tori

es o

f ab

senc

es

and

in-s

choo

l su

spen

sion

s.

Seco

nd,

som

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts

rece

ived

m

ore

inst

ruct

ion

in

gene

ral

educ

atio

n se

tting

s th

an

in

spec

ial

educ

atio

n se

tting

s, a

nd v

ice

vers

a, a

ccor

ding

to

th

eir

IEPs

. Fo

r ex

ampl

e,

som

e of

th

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts r

ecei

ved

only

rea

ding

ins

truc

tion

from

the

spec

ial e

duca

tion

teac

her,

whi

le o

ther

pa

rtic

ipan

ts

rece

ived

al

l se

rvic

es

from

th

e sp

ecia

l edu

catio

n te

ache

r exc

ept f

or a

rt, m

usic

, an

d P.

E., w

here

read

ing

activ

ities

wer

e lim

ited.

Fu

ture

re

sear

ch

coul

d in

clud

e pr

epla

nned

re

adin

g ac

tiviti

es i

n th

ese

setti

ngs

to e

nsur

e op

port

uniti

es f

or o

bser

vatio

ns. T

hird

, th

e tim

e of

day

in

whi

ch r

eadi

ng w

as s

ched

uled

may

ha

ve in

fl uen

ced

obse

rvat

ion

oppo

rtun

ities

. For

ex

ampl

e, i

f re

adin

g ac

tiviti

es w

ere

sche

dule

d fo

r th

e la

st p

ortio

n of

the

day

, it

was

mor

e lik

ely

that

an

obse

rvat

ion

wou

ld b

e ca

ncel

led

beca

use

of p

artic

ipan

t in

appr

opri

ate

beha

vior

ea

rlie

r in

the

day.

Fut

ure

rese

arch

may

wan

t to

coun

terb

alan

ce th

e tim

e of

day

obs

erva

tions

are

to

be

cond

ucte

d or

to s

ched

ule

obse

rvat

ions

at

the

begi

nnin

g of

or

in th

e m

iddl

e of

the

day.

If

stud

ents

with

aca

dem

ic a

nd b

ehav

iora

l ch

alle

nges

are

to b

reak

the

patte

rn o

f out

com

e da

ta

they

cu

rren

tly

pres

ent

(Kni

tzer

et

al

., 19

90;

U.S

. D

epar

tmen

t of

Edu

catio

n, 2

001)

, th

ey m

ust

be g

iven

the

aca

dem

ic a

nd s

ocia

l sk

ills

nece

ssar

y to

pre

pare

the

m f

or s

ucce

ss

in a

nd o

ut o

f sc

hool

. Thi

s st

udy

and

prev

ious

lit

erat

ure

supp

ort

the

use

of

appr

opri

ate

acad

emic

cu

rric

ula

such

as

th

e C

orre

ctiv

e R

eadi

ng

prog

ram

, al

ongs

ide

appr

opri

ate

teac

her

beha

vior

, in

im

prov

ing

the

oral

re

adin

g fl u

ency

of

stud

ents

with

beh

avio

ral

chal

leng

es a

nd r

eadi

ng d

iffi c

ultie

s. A

lthou

gh

rese

arch

sho

ws

that

DI

met

hods

pro

vide

the

be

st c

hanc

e of

suc

cess

for

the

se s

tude

nts,

it

is e

ssen

tial

for

stud

ents

who

may

be

at r

isk

for

acad

emic

or

soci

al f

ailu

re t

o be

pro

vide

d w

ith

empi

rica

lly

base

d in

stru

ctio

n (S

erna

, N

iels

on,

Lam

bros

, &

For

ness

, 20

00).

Futu

re

rese

arch

th

at

exte

nds

the

curr

ent

liter

atur

e ba

se a

nd a

ddre

sses

the

limita

tions

of t

his

stud

y is

w

arra

nted

to

in

vest

igat

e bo

th

acad

emic

an

d so

cial

int

erve

ntio

ns a

nd t

heir

effe

cts

on

addr

essi

ng th

e co

mpl

ex n

eeds

of s

tude

nts

with

ch

alle

ngin

g be

havi

or a

nd r

eadi

ng d

iffi c

ultie

s.

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ay 2

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iora

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