Impact of a universal prevention strategy on reading and behavioral outcomes

08/01/2025 | PAXIS Institute |

This quantitative study addresses the problem of reading and behavioral performance in elementary school by examining the impact of a universal preventive intervention on both the proximal and distal outcomes of students in the fourth grade at a mid-western elementary school. These proximal outcomes (disruptions per student per hour) were measured as part of a within group repeated measures design. The distal outcomes (student reading performance) were measured as a part of a between group quasi-experimental design. This study found that students exposed to the universal preventive intervention demonstrated substantially fewer disruptive behaviors over time and scored substantially higher on short-cycle reading assessments than the control group. This evidence suggests further study is necessary to determine the impact of universal preventive interventions on reading and behavioral performance among different populations.

Citation: Fruth JJ. 2014. Impact of a universal prevention strategy on reading and behavioral outcomes. Reading Improvement, 51, 281-290.

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