Date
April 2008
Chair
Ellen L Black
Primary Subject Area
Education, Elementary; Education, Reading
Keywords
reading, elementary, urban schools, Christian schools, Philadelphia
Recommended Citation
Blackmon, Cheryl McClure, "The Efficacy of Foundations & Frameworks on Elementary Students' Reading Achievement in Urban Christian Schools" (2008). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 68.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/68
Abstract
This study was designed to assess the efficacy of Foundations & Frameworks (F&F), an instructional program emphasizing reading comprehension, on fourth and fifth grade students' reading achievement, as measured by the Stanford Achievement Test and the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test. Seven urban Christian schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, participated in the study. A causal-comparative analysis was conducted of reading comprehension and vocabulary achievement between F&F schools and comparison schools. A pre-experimental pretest and posttest analysis of achievement and a comparison of actual growth to expected growth were also conducted in F&F schools. No significant differences in achievement were found between F&F schools and comparison schools. However, pretest and posttest results in F&F schools yielded significant differences, with moderate effect sizes. Results were mixed in the comparisons of actual and expected growth, with no significant differences for fourth grade, but with highly significant differences for fifth grade.
