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• Read Right Monograph Is Read Right methodology grounded in the skills-based view of reading development or whole language? Neither. Read Right methodology reflects a new view of reading development grounded in Piaget's widely accepted learning theory (interactive constructivism) and accepted brain science. The view is articulated in detail in a new monograph by Read Right developer Dolores "Dee" Tadlock, Ph.D. Backed by more than 130 references to journal articles and research.
     Read the Monograph: Monograph.pdf
  
  
• Research Study: Helping At-Risk 10th Grade Readers
  In a research study, 27 students in a Western Washington High School who had failed the seventh grade Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) reading test in 1998 were tutored in Read Right in 2001 for an average of 77 hours and then given the tenth grade WASL test. These 27 students were matched with a control group of 27 students that had nearly identical seventh grade WASL test scores but no tutoring. The tutored students gained on average 23.6 points on their WASL tests as compared to 4.6 for the control group.
     Read About the Results: Read-Right-WASL-Research-Results.pdf
     View Summarized Results: Read-Right-WASL-Research-Spreadsheet.pdf
  
  
• Project Report: Improving the Reading Skills of High School Age Youthful Offenders
  Eighteen high school students in a detention facility were tutored for 40 hours. As measured by pre and post Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests the students gained on average 3.2 grades in reading. This project report includes test results and survey results from student interviews and insights from the principal, tutor and administrators.
     Read the Project Report: MissionCreekProjectReport.pdf
  
  
• Improving Quality, Safety and Productivity through Workforce Literacy: A Weyerhaeuser Case Study
  As part of their improvement strategy, from 1993-2000 Weyerhaeuser Company implemented Read Right tutoring projects in 25 of their manufacturing plants to improve employee reading skills. In 2000 they applied for and won the Paper Industry Literacy Award. This White Paper presents the Weyerhaeuser literacy story as presented for that award: the objectives that were set, and the results achieved. It offers many insights for other companies considering implementing a workforce literacy improvement effort.
     Read the Study: Read-Right-Weyerhaeuser-Case-Study.pdf

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