A packed audience at the recent Title I conference in Washington DC enjoyed the presentation entitled “A New Approach to Beginning Literacy: Significant Achievement Gains for K-2 Title 1 Students.” The researchers highlighted the outstanding results that AWARD Reading achieved in selected New York City schools, where students doubled their test scores in many areas. (Click here to read full results.)
Those present were interested in how technology and print combine to produce these success stories. Current research into brain development also proved popular with many in the audience, who joined in to share ideas and experience. As a result of this presentation, many Title I directors are in discussion about ways to improve their results by using AWARD Reading as a pilot project in their districts. If you are interested in finding out more or linking with successful schools using AWARD Reading, let us know on
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AWARD Reading Delivers Results in 5 Weeks
In just five weeks, two schools in the San Diego Unified District, using AWARD Reading as a 30-minute intervention program, achieved encouraging results. Despite the limitations of a timeline of only five weeks for instruction and teachers with limited professional development in the use of AWARD Reading, this evaluation shows that AWARD technology and print is successful in teaching children to read in an interesting and effective way. It produced impressive gains in the students’ ability to recognize letters and sounds, to read a wider range of words, and to improve their comprehension and visual literacy. Read the evaluation report. Click here
