The Lightspan Program

Jim Marshall
10140 Campus Point Drive
San Diego, CA 92121-1520
    Telephone: (800) 987-7726 8334
    Fax: (619) 824-8001
    Email: jmarshall@lightspan.com
    Website: www.lightspan.com

Program Description

Focus Area     Age Group
Whole School Reform; includes Family Homework Model and Summer School Model     Kindergarten through 6th Grade
     

Research Description

Outcomes

The following outcomes were statistically significant
  • Improved reading achievement scores
  • Improved mathematics achievement scores

Research Category

      4   Research Reviewed by Other Systems (Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory)

Design

  Quasi Experimental   Study did not indicate whether or not students were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups

Multiple Studies

  Yes   45 individual studies were conducted during the 1997-98 school year

Sample Size

  >50   Experimental Group=45 school; Control Group=45 schools; Total Students=2,674

Valid/ Reliable
Instrument

  Yes   Stanford Achievement Test; Terra Nova; Iowa Test of Basic Skills; Metropolitan Achievement Test; Gates-MacGinitie; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test

Results

  No   Not educationally meaningful based on indicated effect size. Tests of significance were not performed.

Published

  No   There were no published studies.

Follow-up Data

  No   There were no follow-up studies.

Award

  No   There were no awards to the program.