RA (Reading Apprenticeship)

Published sources and conference presentations, and contacts for learning about the methodology and framework for Reading Apprenticeship

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Accelerated English at Chabot College: A Synthesis of Key Findings. Katie Hern. California Acceleration Project. 2011.
There are no separate reading courses at Chabot College. All levels of English integrate instruction in reading, reasoning, and writing. These courses incorporate Reading Apprenticeship as a pedagogical methodology to support students in building their capacity to read and reason at college level.

KEY FINDING: Cohorts from 2000 to 2008 of students who took the self-placed Accelerated English (Eng 102) completed College English (Eng 1A) at a rate 24% higher (on average) than that of students who took the 2-semester sequence.

What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2023, January). Reading Apprenticeship®.
". . . . findings from all five studies meeting WWC standards suggest that Reading Apprenticeship® had potentially positive effects on science achievement
and grade point average and uncertain effects on achievement in life sciences, social studies, literacy, reading comprehension,
vocabulary, and mathematics."