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SFA Boosts Student Achievement

April 17, 2006

Students who attend Success for All (SFA) schools for 3 years gained substantially more in reading skills than similar students in other schools, according to a federally funded study led by UW-Madison education professor Geoffrey Borman. Borman shared his findings at last week’s annual conference of the American Educational Research Association. SFA organizes instruction and resources to attempt to ensure that every child will reach the third grade on time and read on grade level, and will continue to build on those skills. Borman's study validates previous studies of SFA that have found similar outcomes. What sets this study apart is its use of the rigorous evaluation methods common in large-scale medical research but rare in education. A summary of study findings is available here. The full text of the report is available as a PDF here.