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Title: The Efficacy of a Content Area Reading Comprehension Intervention for Students with Disabilities
Language: English
Authors: Sharon Vaughn (ORCID 0000-0001-8305-5549), Jeanne Wanzek, Leticia R. Martinez, Eleanor M. Hancock (ORCID 0000-0002-0379-9757), Anna-Mari Fall, S. Blair Payne (ORCID 0000-0002-8076-7548), Sally K. Fluhler
Source: Remedial and Special Education. 2026 47(3):194-207.
Availability: SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 14
Publication Date: 2026
Sponsoring Agency: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Contract Number: R324A190072
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools
Middle Schools
Secondary Education
Elementary Education
Grade 8
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Content Area Reading, Faculty Development, Social Studies, Intervention, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Students with Disabilities, Urban Schools, Middle School Teachers, Effect Size, Individualized Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Middle School Students, Grade 8, School Districts, Student Characteristics, Team Teaching, Coaching (Performance), Reading Tests
DOI: 10.1177/07419325241310499
ISSN: 0741-9325
1538-4756
Abstract: This pilot study investigated the efficacy of the Promoting Adolescent Comprehension Through Text (PACT) intervention, a social studies content knowledge and reading comprehension set of practices implemented with social studies classes including students with disabilities. Social studies general education teachers were provided with professional development on the PACT and differentiation practices to support students with disabilities in the general education classroom. A total of 28 teachers and 893 students (58 students with disabilities) participated in the study, across 20 U.S. rural and urban middle schools. Effect sizes (ES) ranged from 0.21 to 0.36 on measures of content knowledge acquisition and reading comprehension for students with disabilities in the treatment classes.
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