School-Wide Failure Rate Reduced by 58% at Norris Middle School About two years ago, Irving ISD hosted a team of educators from Omaha Public Schools to look at the highly effective reading program being used in Irving to serve struggling Tier 3 readers. Paula Dugger, Reading Coordinator for the District, reported that 70% of Irving’s […]
Author: Peggy Buckham
Transforming Students Into Readers: Read Right Offering Results
Read Right offering results. Alissa McCoy never liked to read. Here yes moved across the words on the page, but by the end of the paragraph she had already forgotten the content. Then at the beginning of the year, a teacher suggested she attend a literacy program called Read Right. The program is new in […]
Native Students: Program Puts Kids On Track to Graduate
By Todd Fredson and Clyde Naasz Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation, North Dakota Graduation Rates Climb Rapidly—Unique Reading Program Solves the Most Difficult Reading Problems. “When we first brought Read Right in, a little over 1300 books were checked out from the High School library. Last year, a little over 2300 books were checked out. […]
Reading Scores Are Wonderful: Interview with Joan Leach
“Our reading scores are wonderful, and our superintendent loves it” exclaims elementary principal Joan Leach. Leach and her team transformed Raymond Elementary School into a 2007 Washington State School of Distinction. This award is given to schools that have improved the most in reading and math on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) test. […]
Raymond Reads Right
By Anne Radford, Daily World Writer Last fall, 13-year-old Nathan Crawford didn’t like to read in front of his class. Now the sixth – grader doesn‘t hesitate to hop out of his seat. In her social studies class, 11 -year -old Kandi Stigall had a hard time understanding her textbook. Almost a full year later, […]
