Trial Summary
What is the purpose of this trial?The main purpose of this clinical trials is to explore short-term effects of coordinated intervention versus the business-as-usual school program on the primary endpoints of post-intervention word-reading fluency and arithmetic fluency. The study population is students who begin 1st grade with delays in word reading and calculations. Students who meet entry criteria are randomly assigned to coordinated intervention across reading and math, reading intervention, math intervention, and a business-as-usual control group (schools' typical program). The 3 researcher-delivered interventions last 15 weeks (3 sessions per week; 30 minutes per session). Students in all 4 conditions are tested before researcher-delivered intervention begins and after it ends.
Eligibility Criteria
This trial is for first-grade students in Metropolitan-Nashville Public Schools who struggle with reading and math, scoring below the 25th percentile on specific tests but above the 7th percentile on cognitive measures. They must have adequate English skills and a school schedule that allows participation.Inclusion Criteria
Attends a participating school in the Metropolitan-Nashville Public Schools
Scores at or below the 25th percentile on the study's screening math test
You scored in the lowest 25% on the reading test used for the study's screening.
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Exclusion Criteria
Does not attend a participating school in the Metropolitan-Nashville Public Schools
You scored in the lowest 7% on both of the study's cognitive tests.
Is not a member of a first-grade classroom whose teacher has agreed to let his/her students participate
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Participant Groups
The study compares coordinated intervention across reading and math against standard school programs. It involves three researcher-led sessions per week over 15 weeks, assessing improvements in word-reading fluency and arithmetic fluency post-intervention.
4Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Coordinated Reading and Math InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Coordinated intervention provides 15 weeks (3 30-minute sessions per week) of explicit instruction addressing similar skills as those addressed in the reading intervention arm \& similar skills as the math intervention arm.
Group II: Math InterventionActive Control1 Intervention
Math intervention provides 15 weeks (3 30-minute sessions per week) of explicit instruction on number knowledge, counting strategies, and arithmetic skill.
Group III: Business-as-usual ControlActive Control1 Intervention
Participation in the school's typical reading and math classroom instruction and, if designated by the school, its supplemental program.
Group IV: Reading InterventionActive Control1 Intervention
Reading intervention provides 15 weeks (3 30-minute sessions per week) of explicit instruction designed to build skill on letter-sound associations, decoding, sight words, \& contextualized reading.
Find a Clinic Near You
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Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
Vanderbilt UniversityLead Sponsor