Results from our first year - 1998

in reverse chronological order

Reading Class Results
Fall 1998, Batavia, IL

We are very grateful to the administrators of Batavia School District #101 of Batavia, Illinois for allowing us to particpate in their McWayne After School Enrichment Program during the Fall semester of 1998 (note: Project Pro and I Can Read! are not affiliated with the Batavia School District). During that semester we enrolled twelve students, all of whom completed the course. Entrance tests were administered on Wednesday September 9. Exit tests were administered on Tuesday December 15. Here's what happened:

• There were substantial, measurable improvements all 12 students.
• Eleven of our twelve students achieved a spectacular reduction of either reading time or error rate or both.
• The average reduction in measurable reading times was 44%.
• The average reduction in measurable reading errors was 79%.

Notes:

• Test CR1 is a 113-word text at advanced first grade level.
• Test CR3 is a 154-word text at advanced second grade level.
• All times shown are elapsed times in in the form "minutes:seconds".

Young Intermediate Readers at 3:45 PM, SRA Reading Mastery Fast Track CD

Older Intermediate Readers at 4:30 PM, SRA Corrective Reading B2

Young Beginning Readers at 5:15 PM, SRA Reading Mastery Fast Track AB

Reading Class Results
Summer 1998, Batavia, IL

We thank the Batavia Park District for making us a part of their program this summer. During the summer we enrolled fifteen students, all of whom completed the course. Here's what we achieved:

• There were substantial, measurable improvements in 12 of our 15 students (one student absent for the final test was not counted among the 12)
• Half of our students achieved very substantial reductions in their reading error rates

Notes:

• Test CR1 is a 113-word text at advanced first grade level.
• Test CR3 is a 154-word text at advanced second grade level.

Beginning Readers I at 8 AM, SRA Reading Mastery Fast Track AB

Beginning Readers II at 10 AM, SRA Reading Mastery Fast Track CD

Intermediate Readers II at 9 AM, SRA Corrective Reading Decoding B1

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Reading Class Results
Winter/Spring 1998, Batavia, IL

We are very grateful to the administrators of Batavia School District #101* of Batavia, Illinois for allowing us to particpate in their McWayne After School Enrichment Program during the Winter/Spring semester of 1998. During that semester we enrolled eleven students, of whom ten completed the course. Of the ten who finished, five first graders had placed into our Reading Mastery Level 1 class and five third graders had placed into our Corrective Reading/Decoding A class. Students attended our 45-minute classes after school four days per week for 14 weeks. Here's what happened:

• There were substantial, measurable improvements in ALL of our students.
• 80% of our first-grade nonreaders became reasonably fluent readers of first-grade level text.
• ALL of our third grade marginal readers became fluent readers of first-grade level text.

The test used for comparison at the start and finish of the class is a 113-word text that is commonly regarded as being at a first grade reading level. The purpose of the test is to determine the student's proficiency in word attack skills by measuring both accuracy and speed. Both accuracy and speed are commonly regarded as prerequisites for comprehension. Although we do test for comprehension in class, we do not perform a comparative test of comprehension at the start and finish.

* Note: Project Pro and I Can Read! are not affiliated with the Batavia School District.

Younger Group (using SRA Reading Mastery Level 1)

Older Group (using SRA Corrective Reading / Decoding A)

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Our Batavia program started in Winter 1998, so there are no earlier years to see.