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Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................. v Mixed Methods Evaluation of Scholastic Literacy in a South Carolina Public School District.................................................................................................................... v Research Design .................................................................................................. v Study Sample ......................................................................................................vi Program Impact on Reading Achievement..............................................................vi Teacher Program Perceptions .............................................................................. vii Conclusions ........................................................................................................ vii Scholastic Literacy................................................................................................ 1 Method ................................................................................................................... 2 Research Design .................................................................................................. 2 Participants.......................................................................................................... 2 Survey sample. ................................................................................................. 3 Measures............................................................................................................. 3 NWEA MAP Reading. ......................................................................................... 3 Teacher survey. ................................................................................................ 4 Teacher focus group. ........................................................................................ 4 Analytic Approach ................................................................................................ 4 Results ................................................................................................................... 5 Achievement analyses .......................................................................................... 5 Subgroup analyses............................................................................................ 7 Survey and Focus Group Results............................................................................... 8 Implementation ................................................................................................... 9 Perceived Impacts.............................................................................................. 12 Program Attitudes .............................................................................................. 14 Strengths ....................................................................................................... 14 Weaknesses ................................................................................................... 15 Recommendations.............................................................................................. 16 Discussion............................................................................................................. 17 Conclusions ....................................................................................................... 18 Appendix A: Baseline Equivalence Tables ................................................................ 20 Appendix B: Online Survey ..................................................................................... 21
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