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Reading Improvement Data, Facts and Information

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Results from the North Dakota Youth Correctional Center, Mandan

The first chart below indicates that 19 corrections students, 13 of whom qualified for special education, registered an average grade level gain of 2.4 on the Gates MacGinitie Reading Test, Comprehension sub-set in the Read Right intervention program. The second chart reveals that the special education students averaged a grade level gain of 2.7.

All Students

All Students: GE Gain 2.4

Special Education Students

Special Education Students: GE Gain 2.7

Results from a 12-week Pilot at the Mission Creek Camp for Juvenile Offenders at Belfair, WA

The first chart below indicates that 17 corrections students, 8 of whom qualified for special education, registered an average grade level gain of 3.2 on the Gates MacGinitie Reading Test, Comprehension sub-set in the Read Right intervention program. The second chart reveals that the special education students averaged a grade level gain of 2.6.

All Students

All Students: GE Gain 3.2

Special Education Students

Special Education Students: GE Gain 2.6

See Borman, G.D., Hewes, G.M., Overman, L.T. & Brown, S. (2003) Comprehensive School Reform and Achievement: A Meta-Analysis. Reviews of Educational Research, 73 (2), 125-230.

Read Right definitely makes it easier to read, and there’s a whole new world out there in books that I never knew about. It helped me change some of my negative behaviors by learning new things offered by books like in psychology and theology. It also helped with the way I speak. I have a better outlook because I know I can achieve something.

— Youthful Offender, WA Corrections Center, Shelton, WA —