Balanced Literacy First

Rigby Education
1000 Hart Road, 3rd Floor
Barrington, IL 60010

    Telephone: (800) 822-8661
    Fax: (847) 620-7503
    Email: marilyn.lee@rigby.com
    Website: www.rigby.com

 

Program Description
Focus Area Age Group
Early Literacy:
1) Professional Development
2) English Language Arts
3) 12 week program of demonstrations, professional 
     readings, classroom application, no case study investigation  

For teachers of Grades 1-3

 

Research Description
Outcomes

  • By third grade, students whose teachers had received Early Literacy Inservice Course (ELIC) showed significant improvement in reading vocabulary and reading comprehension over students in a control group.  Reading achievement was measured using the CTBS and SAT9 tests.

  • Students whose teachers had more knowledge of Developing Literacy First (DLF is the revised version of ELIC) showed a greater improvement in reading skills than students whose teachers had less exposure.

Tests of Significance were not Reported on the Following outcomes:

  • By third grade, LEP students whose teachers had received ELIC  were writing at grade level.

Research Category 1 Large Scale, Externally Reviewed Evaluation

Design

 2   ELIC study:
3-year longitudinal with posttest-only control group.  
DLF study: 160 teachers measured on pre and post knowledge of DLF.
Multiple Studies No No other studies have been conducted.
Sample Size >50 ELIC study: experimental=202, control=196
DLF study: 160 participants
Valid/ Reliable
Instrument		 Yes CTBS reliability >0.89
Writing performance assessment inter-rater reliability = 0.89 - 0.92
Results Yes Statistically significant differences were found between experimental and control groups on reading achievement by 3rd grade.  Statistically significant differences were found between levels of teacher knowledge on Balanced Literacy and students' reading skills.
Published No There were no published studies.
Follow-up Data No There were no follow-up studies.
Award No There have been no awards made to the program.