Hale Elementary School

Chicago, Illinois

Scope of Work

Pilot data collected between two first-grade classes selected to test and document the Discover Intensive Phonics product

Tool

Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) data

Time Frame

One-year study conducted between August 1988 and May 1989

Data

Skill	Non- Participants	Intensive Phonics Group	Difference
Word Study Skills	37%	91%	54%
Word Reading Skills	25%	67%	42%
Comprehension	29%	75%	46%
Listening	34%	78%	44%
Spelling	38%	73%	35%

Evaluator's Observations

A yearlong study of two first-grade classes was conducted using the SAT as the pre- and post-assessment tool. Data collected at the end of the year revealed the average percentage as follows:

• Ninety-one percent in word study skills, compared to thirty-seven percent for those first graders not participating in the Intensive Phonics program
• Sixty-seven percent in word reading, compared with twenty-five percent for non-participants
• Seventy-five percent in comprehension, compared with twenty-nine percent for non-participants
• Seventy-eight percent in listening, compared with thirty-four percent for non-participants
• Seventy-four percent in spelling, compared with thirty-eight percent for non-participants

The complete study also compares these results with first-grade scores district-wide.