Which of the following methods of selecting students for an intervention program would most likely result in identifying the greatest number of first-grade students who needed it?
a. selecting the lowest 20 in a class as judged by the classroom teacher's observations
b. selecting students scoring below the 23 percentile on a test of emergent literacy, which included tests of vocabulary and background knowledge as well as more traditional measures
c. selecting students unable to reach a benchmark strongly associated with success in reading, such as being able to read a certain number of words or know a certain number of letter sounds
d. selecting students who had repeated kindergarten or started kindergarten a year late because of immaturity or who repeated first grade despite being given extra help
Question 2
The first step in creating an effective intervention program is to
a. set goals.
b. acquire materials.
c. train staff.
d. select techniques.
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