The Landmark RAVE-O Trial: Gains Across IQ, Income, and Race

279 struggling readers, three cities, 70 hours of instruction — and durable gains that no demographic factor erased.

Robin Morris, Maureen Lovett, Maryanne Wolf, et al.

Mar 1, 2012

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The major randomized trial of multicomponent remediation: 279 struggling readers, three sites, 70 hours of small-group instruction. From the abstract:

Multiple-component programs showed significant improvements relative to control programs on all basic reading skills after 70 hours and at 1-year follow-up. Equivalent gains were observed for different racial, SES, and IQ groups.
— Morris, Lovett, Wolf, et al., 2012

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