Reading Recovery project helps struggling young readers
May 9, 2008
Struggling young readers make a much lasting progress on a learning project that provides one-to-one support to them, a new study has found out. Government-funded programme Reading Recovery provides six year old children tailored coaching from trained teachers for about half an hour a day for say 12 to 20 weeks.
A study of 500 students found those on the project not only fast caught up with their age-group but were outperforming the national average within a span of two years.
Problem readers on other catch-up schemes were found to be a year or more behind.
Nearly 5,000 children are presently on the government backed scheme that is part of its national ‘Every Child a Reader’ programme.
A study by the Institute of Education assessed the progress of 500 poor readers at over 40 schools in 10 inner London boroughs. The idea was to taste their ability – before and after the project. Accordingly, the t poorest readers in certain classes were assessed at the start of the first year of primary schooling, at the end of the first as well as second years. After the first year, as the study found out, those who formed part of Reading Recovery had well caught up and matched the reading standards for their age group.
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this is a load of government tosh children of six years old and beginning school are not repeat not behind they have completed a year in reception and if they can write their name they are doing well! my son has been chosen for this scheme and as far as i am con
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