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Effect Of Increased Academic Tone On Reading Achievement Of Sixth Grade Students With Disabilities, Brandi E. Walker Jan 2007

Effect Of Increased Academic Tone On Reading Achievement Of Sixth Grade Students With Disabilities, Brandi E. Walker

The Corinthian

This study investigated the effect of increased academic time on reading achievement of sixth grade students with varying mild disabilities (n=15) and compar~ their results to a control group (n=18). After receiving a year of intensive reading intervention, the experimental group scored better on the reading section of Georgia's Criterion Referenced Competency Test (M = 324, SD= 28) than the controls (M = 316, SD= 25). ANCOVA was statistically significant. The effect size was .33. The boys in the experimental group (M = 338, SD = 28) outscored the girls (M = 304, SD = 9). One way of increasing …