Success for All/Roots and Wings: Summary of Research on Achievement Outcomes. Report No. 41 (Revised)

摘要

The purpose of this review is to describe the current state of research on the achievement outcomes of Success for All, a program built around the idea that every child can and must succeed in the early grades, no matter what this takes. Success for All uses the findings of research on effective instruction for students at risk to direct all aspects of school and classroom organization toward the goal of preventing academic deficits from appearing in the first place; searches out and intensively intervenes with any deficits that do appear; and provides students with a rich and full curriculum to enable them to build on their firm foundation in basic skills. The commitment of Success for All is to do whatever it takes to see that all children become skilled, strategic, and enthusiastic readers as they progress through the elementary grades. In addition, this review describes research on Roots & Wings, a program that adds to Success for All programs in mathematics, science, and social studies. The results of evaluations of dozens of Success for All schools in districts in all parts of the United States clearly show that the program increases student reading performance. In every district, Success for All students learned significantly more than matched control students. Significant effects were not seen on every measure at every grade level, but the consistent direction and magnitude of the effects show unequivocal benefits for Success for All students.