Scientifically Based Reading Research

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Scientifically Based Reading Research

• What is it and will I recognize it when I see it?

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Publishers know SBRR

• Do You

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Scientifically Based Reading Research is the
same as

• Evidence Based Reading Instruction

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Scientifically Based Reading ResearchandEvidence
Based Reading Instruction

• No Child Left Behind
• (SBRR)
• Research is valid, reliable and replicable
• Involves application of rigorous, systematic and
  objective procedures to obtain reliable and valid
  knowledge about the program or materials

• International Reading Association
• (EBRI)
• There is valid and reliable evidence.
• Material has been tested and has a proven record
  of success.

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SBRR EBRI 5 Points to Look for

• Objective data that can be interpreted in the
  same manner by any evaluator
• Does the publisher cite
  more
• than one evaluators
  research?
• Valid data which adequately represent the tasks
  that children need accomplish
• When you read the
  studies, do they
• seem to describe students
  completing
• the same tasks you would
  want your
• students to accomplish?

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• Reliable data which remain essentially the same
  from study to study
• Does the data from multiple studies
  stay the same regardless of evaluator ?
• Systematic data are collected using a rigorous
  design of experimentation or observation
• Do the studies have rigorous
  standards?

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• Refereed?
• Have you read about
  this product in a reading
  /education journal?
• Do the publishers cite studies in
  reputable reading/education journals?

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• Today publishers provide data to support their
  products
• If not, ask for the data
• If not in evidence, DO NOT BUY

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Our Responsibility

• To become knowledgeable about SBRR
• To have clear objectives for the use of reading
  materials/programs and be able to answer this
  question
• How will these materials benefit
• my students?
• To be able to evaluate reading materials and
  programs using SBRR

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Knowledge ofScientifically Based Reading
Research Helps Teachers Help Students
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