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As of the 2003-2004 school year, Success for All Foundation (SFAF) programs are being implemented in more than 1300 schools in over 500 districts in 48 states in all parts of the United States, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. Versions of the model are also used in other countries, including England, Israel, Canada, Mexico, and Australia.
The Success for All (SFA) reading program has been evaluated in 47 experimental-control studies, carried out by researchers at many research institutions in addition to those completed by Johns Hopkins University researchers. Seventeen of these were done by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, and 30 were done elsewhere. In each, matched SFA and control schools have been compared on individually administered reading scales and/or state accountability measures, as well as other outcomes. The results have almost always favored SFA. In average grade equivalents on individually-administered measures such as the Woodcock Reading Mastery Test, SFA students perform approximately three months ahead of comparison students by the end of first grade, and more than a year ahead by fifth grade. Effects are particularly strong for students who are most at risk, those in the lowest 25% of their grades. Effects of the Spanish version of SFA have also been strong. SFA has produced substantial reductions in retentions and special education referrals and placements.
Studies of SFA have taken place in districts throughout the U.S., including Baltimore, Memphis, Philadelphia, Miami, Tucson, Houston, Ft. Wayne (IN), Modesto (CA), Riverside (CA), Montgomery (AL), Charleston (SC), St. Mary's County (MD), Caldwell (ID), Clarke County (GA), Little Rock (AR), Clover Park (WA), and Louisville (KY). A statewide study of all 111 Texas SFA schools found that these schools gained substantially more on the TAAS than other Texas schools. An independent evaluation of Memphis schools using the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment Scale found Success for All to produce the highest scores among eight reform models. Statewide studies of MathWings similarly found significantly greater gains in MathWings schools on state accountability measures. Not every study has found positive results, but the great majority have. When SFA is well implemented, results are always positive compared to control groups.
The American Institute of Research, in a review commissioned by the AFT, NEA, NAESP, NASSPand AASA, found that of 24 whole-school reform programs, only SFA and Direct Instruction meet the highest standards for evidence of positive impacts in rigorous studies. This report can be obtained from the AASA website www.aasa.org.
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