Kim Tackaberry, B.A., B. Ed.
Program Manager @ Foothills Academy
S. Mitchell Colp, B.Sc.(Hons), M.Sc.(c)
Doctoral Student and U-CAPES Clinician @ University of Calgary
Research Group
 Grades 3-6
 Matched on:
 Relative Cognitive Functioning
 Relative Reading Abilities
Research Study Areas of Focus
Research Outcomes
 All students who were identified as having
sight-word as their primary difficulty
improved.
Research Outcomes
 Of all the students enrolled in the study,
74% demonstrated improvement in one or
more of the studied areas.
Research Outcomes
 Of all the students enrolled in the study,
60% demonstrated improvement in all three
of the studied areas.
Moving Forward
 Determine how to identify whether sight word
retention is the student’s primary area of reading
deficit.
 HOW?
 PAL-II for Reading and Writing Assessment
 Woodcock Johnson III – Achievement
 Dynamic Assessment