Ready to Learn provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades preK-1 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in Kindergarten.
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- SEL lessons
- Instructional practices
- Relationship building
- Positive classroom management
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- Activities and Resources for Home
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- Onsite in-person training
- Virtual training
- Offsite training
- Train the trainer model
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- Administrator support
- Coaching
- Technical assistance
- Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
- Online resource library
- Self-report tools for monitoring implementation
- Observational tools
- Tools for measuring student success
Evidence of effectiveness
Results from a randomized control trial (RCT) published in 2003 support the effectiveness of Ready to Learn for elementary students. The evaluation included 260 kindergarten students (predominantly white; middle class) in a suburban area in the US Southeast. The evaluation found that the students who participated in the program achieved higher scores on a standardized test of listening comprehension compared to students in the comparison group (outcomes were reported 1 year after baseline while controlling for outcome pretest). Additionally, students who participated in the program performed better on a teacher-reported student ADHD-related behaviors over this same period.
Results from a quasi-experiment (QE) conducted in the 2016-2017 academic year (unpublished report written in 2020, Kuba et al.) supported the effectiveness of Ready to Learn for elementary students. This evaluation included 297 kindergarten students (white = 33%, Black = 32%, Latinx = 26%) enrolled in Title 1 public schools in the US Southeast. The study found that kindergarten students who participated in the program had significant teacher-reported improvements in prosocial behaviors, as well as improvements in reading performance compared to students in the control group (outcomes reported a year after baseline while controlling for outcome pretest).
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Evidence shown in grades KSchool characteristics -
- Suburban
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- Southwest
Student characteristics - Black / African American
- Hispanic / Latinx
- White
- Low income
Percentage Low Income - Not Specified
Study design type - QE
Greater than 350 students included in study design type - No
Multiple school districts included at study design type - Yes
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- Improved academic performance
- Reduced emotional distress
- Improved identity development and agency
- Reduced problem behaviors
- Improved school climate
- Improved school connectedness
- Improved social behaviors
- Improved teaching practices
- Improved other SEL skills and attitudes
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Brigman, G. A., & Webb, L. D. (2003). Ready to learn: Teaching kindergarten students school success skills. The Journal of Educational Research, 96, 286-292.
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Kuba, S.P., Villares, E., Brigman, G. & Mariani, M. (unpublished). The Impact of the Ready to Learn Program on Kindergarteners’ Pro-Social and Self-Regulation Skills, Reading Performance, and Teachers’ Perceptions of Classroom Climate.
- Other references
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Cohen, L., Bowers, H., Brigman, G., & Villares, E. (unpublished). The Impact of Ready to Learn on Prosocial Skills and Reading Skills of First Grade Students
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Back to top- Program approach: Free Standing Lessons
- Significant evaluation outcomes: Improved academic performance, Reduced problem behaviors, Improved social behaviors
- Student characteristics: Black / African American, Hispanic / Latinx, White, Low income
- School characteristics: Suburban, Southwest
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