Educational Technology in Support of Elementary Students With Reading or Language-Based Disabilities: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial.

ABSTRACT: Experts laud the potential of educational technology (edtech) to promote reading among students with disabilities, but supporting evidence is lacking. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Lexia^® Core5^® Reading edtech program (Core5) on the Measures of Academic Progress^® (MAP) Growth Reading^™ and easyCBM oral reading fluency performance of students with reading or language-based disabilities in Grades K to 5. Core5 systematically addresses multiple reading domains and previously was effective in general education. We hypothesized treatment students using Core5 would outperform controls on the reading assessments. This was a cluster randomized effectiveness evaluation, with condition assignment by school (three treatment and two business-a

SUBMITTER: Hurwitz LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10631285 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature