A Truly Innovative Reading Solution

Data

Results for Special Education Students in Elementary, Middle, and High Schools

The first chart below for the 2008-2009 school year indicates that 199 elementary school special education students in multiple schools registered an average grade level gain of 0.9 on the Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests in an average of 40 hours of small-group tutoring in the Read Right intervention program. The second chart displays the average Normal Curve Equivalency (NCE) Gain* for the same students.

“Trevor has been in special ed all of his school days. I feel like Read Right has helped him so very much. He can now read anything and everything and understands what he reads. Now he loves books and he loves to read. This year he passed his reading and math TAKS tests. For the previous 6 weeks he has been on the AB honor roll and I think he will be able to do it again for the last 6 weeks of school. Middle School has even suggested dismissing him from special ed altogether; so Read Right has really helped him a lot.”
– Trevor’s mom

2008-2009 School Year Results for Multiple Middle Schools

The first chart below indicates that 455 middle school special education students registered an average grade level gain of 1.8 on the Gates MacGinitie Reading Test in an average of 44 hours of small-group tutoring in the Read Right intervention program. The second chart displays the average Normal Curve Equivalency (NCE) Gain* for the same students.

“Read Right has proven to be the tool that has enabled school staff to serve our students in a way that no one thought was possible. The dramatic results speak for themselves. Read Right works!"

– Pat Harper,
   Executive Director of Special Education
   Freestone Navarro Bi County Co-operative
   (a 10-district co-op in Texas)

2008-2009 School Year Results for Multiple High Schools

The first chart below indicates that 347 high school students registered an average grade level gain of 1.9 on the Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests in an average of 45 hours of small-group tutoring in the Read Right intervention program. The second chart displays the average Normal Curve Equivalency Gain (NCE)* for the same students.

 “Read Right is one program that I can certainly vouch for. Special education students that we have had in the program have all made progress. Some make tremendous gains in a relatively short period such as a quarter while others take a little longer. They stay with the program because they can see the progress they are making. I pass through the room regularly and the students are involved and working busily.”
– Edward J. Cunningham, Special Education Department Head
   Highline High School, Burien, WA

*An NCE gain of 0 means that the student held his own in the norming population.

Borman, Hewes, Overman & Brown (2003) have defined a gain of 1.9 to 3.2 NCE in one school year as “meaningful.” Read Right results for these projects reflect NCE gains that are two to three times what is considered meaningful—and they were obtained with an average of 44 to 45 hours of tutoring.