This article describes a randomized controlled trial conducted to evaluate the effects of an intensive, individualized, Tier 3 reading intervention for second grade students who had previously experienced inadequate response to quality first grade classroom reading instruction (Tier 1) and supplemental small-group intervention (Tier 2). Also…

Findings indicate that the Follow Through Program was highly beneficial to those children who participated in it. The longitudinal and cross-sectional evidence together point to the conclusion that the gains accruing from compensatory education programs are commensurate with the duration and amount of effort which are expended on these programs.…