Granite High School ESL Reading Research

Salt Lake City, Utah

Scope of Work

Reading Horizons used with students participating in special education and ESL classes.

Tool

Pre- and post-test measurement tests accompanying the Reading Horizons program (based on the Slosson Oral Reading test)

Time Frame

Conducted between August 2005-May 2006

Data collection conducted by resource teacher at Granite High School in Salt Lake City, Utah

ESL Class
Student	Pre-test	Post-test	Increase
1	4.3	6.8	2.5
2	3.9	8.5	4.6
3	1.2	8.3	7.1
4	7.6	11.6	4.0
5	6.9	11.2	4.3
6	5.1	11.5	6.4
7	8.5	12.0	3.5
8	0.3	8.6	8.3
9	6.7	11.2	4.5
10	1.4	4.9	3.5
11	1.3	8.5	7.2
12	2.1	11.1	9.0
13	2.0	8.3	6.3
14	1.4	4.3	2.9
15	1.7	3.8	2.1
16	0.4	8.2	7.8
Average	3.43	8.66	5.25

Evaluator's Observations

The evaluator expressed outcomes as "incredible" and "rewarding." Of the progress made, the evaluator said that “there was two-to-three years’ progress in four weeks.” The evaluator said that the gains were significant, because they happened “over and over” with students in her classroom.

To see more information about the impact of the Reading Horizons program on ESL students, see page 32 of the full research packet.