An independent study of the Read Right Reading Intervention Program, used by dozens of Texas schools with extraordinary results, recently was reviewed by the National Center for Response to Intervention (NCRTI). The outcome: Exceptionally high marks for the quality of the research.

“This is very important,” notes Dee Tadlock, Ph.D., the developer of Read Right methodology. “It means that schools can trust what other Texas schools are saying about Read Right. It really is helping all kinds of students rapidly improve in reading.”

South of Dallas, the Freestone-Navarro Bi-County Coop serving 10 school districts adopted the Read Right Reading Intervention Program five years ago as its intervention program of choice to prevent Tier 2 and Tier 3 struggling readers in Grades 3-12 from needing special education services. Pat Harper, the cooperative’s director of special education services, credits Read Right with helping the region reduce the number of students needing special education services by 50%, from 1,300 students to less than 650 students. Video remarks by Ms. Harper on the topic can be viewed here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvLK8c9XcRk&feature=player_detailpage ).

In Arlington, a private school for special education students conducted a year-long “trial” of the Read Right Online Tutoring Service with 20 secondary students that have a variety of learning issues, including dyslexia, ADHD, autism-spectrum disorders, and more.  The Gateway School’s director, Harriet Walber, a 35-year veteran of education and special needs instruction, states that every student progressed significantly after an average 40 hours of tutoring. The range of improvement varied from one to four levels. Video remarks from Ms. Walber can be viewed here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rtaw2m8Pxc&feature=player_detailpage ).

Read Right tutoring is available in two formats: as a site-based small-group tutoring program delivered by a school, district, or cooperative’s own teachers and aides, or via the Read Right Online Tutoring Service. For the site-based program, teachers and aides begin working with students as soon as they begin training with a Read Right consultant. The intensive, hands-on training model includes seven weeks of training by the Read Right consultant on-site, distributed over 18 weeks, along with a complete library, MP3 system, and support materials package.

To hear what dozens of other Texas students, parents, educators, and administrators have to say, visit Read Right’s new Video Library at www.readright.com/video .  To speak with a Read Right representative, contact Maureen Mortlock at maureenm@readright.com or call 360.427.9440.

Rhonda Stone

Read Right Systems

310 West Birch Street

Shelton, WA  98584

Phone: 360.427.6752  x113  / Fax: 360.427.0177 / Cell: 360.486.4483

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