Special Education—Decoding
Reading Difficulties
On average, students receiving Special Education services who received Seeing Stars instruction achieved significant improvements in decoding. They made large (statistically significant) standard score changes on all measures. Additionally, the 15-point percentile increase in Word Recognition and, notably, the 19-point percentile increase in Comprehension puts these students within the normal range (25th–75th percentile).
Results of Special Education Students Who Received Decoding Instruction
Years: 2008-2019
Number of Students: 2,150
Average Age: 10.5
Average Hours of Instruction: 123.2
Lindamood-Bell Instruction Implemented: Seeing Stars