Annotated Research
Question: Will supplying
self-selected books to students over the summer affect scores on a state test?
Answer: Employs a
longitudinal experiment to test the hypothesis that providing elementary school
students from low-income families with a supply of self-selected trade books
might ameliorate summer reading setback. Examines the reading performance of
852 students from seventeen high-poverty schools who were randomly selected to
receive a supply of self-selected trade books on the final day of school over a
three-year period compared to 478 randomly selected students from these same
schools who received no books. Outcomes on the state reading assessment
indicated a statistically significant effect (p = .015) for providing access to
books for summer reading and a significant (d = .14) effect size.
Allington,
R. L., McGill-Franzen, A., Camilli, G., Williams, L., Graff, J., Zeig, J., et
al. (2010).
Addressing
summer reading setback among economically disadvantaged elementary students.
Reading
Psychology, 31(5),
411–427.
Comment: I don’t know what to make of this finding.
Just giving three self-selected books for summer reading would have this
significant effect on a state test? Nothing else? The self-selection is
probably important. I need to think about this. RayS.
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