Read Right Systems, Inc. was organized in 1991 after Read Right^®, a new, innovative methodology for teaching reading, was successfully implemented at the Simpson Timber Company sawmill and plywood complex in Shelton, Washington.

Simpson was very pleased with the speed with which large numbers of their mill workers eliminated their reading problems and increased their effectiveness on the job.  As a result, Simpson management decided to expand the Read Right program to all 19 of their manufacturing plants throughout the United States. Other Northwest companies, including Boeing and Weyerhaeuser, heard about the effectiveness of the Simpson reading initiative and soon implemented Read Right programs of their own.

Clients

Ninety-one elementary schools, middle schools and high schools have Read Right programs, and three correctional institutions have implemented Read Right for juvenile offenders.  Eighty-seven Read Right Learning Centers have been set up at industrial locations in the US, Canada, and China. Read Right is also tutoring individuals across the United States and Canada by phone.

A partial listing of Read Right school clients includes:

A partial listing of Read Right corporate clients includes:

School Programs

Read Right has implemented successful reading intervention programs in elementary schools, middle schools and high schools across America. In addition, Read Right programs are underway for at risk students in alternative high schools in Washington, Nevada, Arizona and Louisiana. Concerning comprehension, a separate critical thinking component is included for all students in Read Right school programs to enhance higher level comprehension skills once the reading problem is close to being solved. Standardized pre- and post-testing of students shows very high rates of growth for the tutoring time invested: under 19 hours of tutoring per grade advanced for middle school students and under 14 hours of tutoring per grade advanced for high school students. Read Right was selected to be included on the Most Effective Reading Program list for the State of Washington and the List of Effective Remedial Programs for the State of Nevada.

Workforce Literacy

The Read Right methodology has reduced by over 90% the instructional time required to eliminate employees' reading problems. It has been successfully implemented for employees in facilities manufacturing chemicals, autos, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, electronics, airplanes, foods, fabrics, pulp, paper, pipe, lumber and plywood.

In some cases a critical thinking component is added at the client's request when the reading problem is solved. In other cases Read Right forms the foundation for continuous improvement training efforts, or enhances quality, safety, TPM, or employee involvement initiatives. Because employees improve their reading so quickly using our methodology, best practices studies by several of our major clients have shown that Read Right is the lowest cost program available per unit of advancement.

Individual Tutoring

Both children and adults make rapid progress toward becoming excellent readers working one-on-one with their own private Read Right tutor. Tutoring is personalized, confidential, and convenient. Practically all scheduling and location requirements can be accommodated throughout the U.S. and Canada. Richard Eisenmann, a company sponsored student reported: "I can read work materials now. Anything I'm not sure about I can easily look up. At home I read for pleasure and am learning about things like tax returns. I couldn't do those things before. I'm even thinking of going to college. Now I have the confidence to do that. I'm no longer embarrassed." A sixth grader, Ryan Kane proudly told his tutor: "I read it. . .and it was like smooth. My Mom was so proud of me!! I was even proud of me!"

English as a Second Language

Many of the schools where we have implemented our program have a high proportion of students for whom English is not their native language. Some of these students are not proficient readers in their own language. The Read Right tutors are trained to tutor both native speakers with reading problems and non-native speakers with language acquisition problems. The tutoring is effective at significantly improving the English communication abilities of the participating students.

Many of our industrial clients also are faced with the problem of a large number of employees in their work force who are new to the United States and cannot communicate well in English. Read Right tutoring results in improved reading, writing, speaking and listening abilities in English. Johnson and Johnson in Massachusetts, Hewlett Packard in California, and Texas Instruments in Texas are among the many clients reporting excellent progress for their ESL employees.

English as a Foreign Language

Read Right Systems has set up six learning centers outside the United States for Procter & Gamble, Motorola and Weyerhaeuser. Similar to our English as a second language program, the non-English speaking employees of our clients quickly improve their English communications skills. Procter & Gamble reports that their employees in Guangzhou and Huangpu, China learn English 2½ to 3 times faster using Read Right than with other English training classes they have implemented.

Corrections Education

Read Right completed a highly successful pilot project for juvenile offenders at the Mission Creek Youth Camp at Belfair, Washington. Students ages 15-20 averaged about 40 hours of tutoring over a three-month period and gained an average 3.2 years in reading ability as measured by pre- and post-standardized reading test scores using the Woodcock Reading Mastery Test Series.. The principal of the school was "amazed" at the rapid gains these youth made. The students reported that they felt they were much better readers as a result of being in Read Right, that improving their reading helped with their performance in other classes, and that their self-confidence had improved.

Read Right staff have also successfully tutored juvenile offenders with the most serious crimes in the Washington Correctional Center at Shelton, Washington.

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