Specific Learning Disability – Decoding
Reading Difficulties
On average, students with a prior SLD diagnosis who received Seeing Stars instruction achieved significant improvements in reading. They made large (statistically significant) standard score changes on seven of eight measures. Vocabulary was not a targeted measure of instruction. Additionally, the 15-point percentile increase in Word Recognition and the 18-point increase in Written Language Comprehension puts these students within the normal range (25th–75th percentile). Their pre- to posttest results were statistically significant on all measures.
Students with a Prior SLD Diagnosis Who Received Decoding Instruction Only
Years: Jan. 2008 – Dec. 2023
Number of Students: 1,235
Average Age: 10.6
Average Hours of Instruction: 131.8
Lindamood-Bell Instruction Implemented: Seeing Stars