Reading Advantage

Funding Options Striving Readers Title I Title IC Title III Title VI-B Title VII Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Special Ed Supplemental Services 21st Century Private Funding

eading Advantage is a complete kit designed to help struggling middle and high school readers, who are performing significantly below grade level, become successful, strategic readers.

Research

The No Child Left Behind Act has placed a national spotlight on the critical issue of reading proficiency. Educators across the nation face the challenge of helping their students read at or above grade level by the end of the third grade; however, many students continue to struggle with reading through high school. In fact, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (2003) only 33% of eighth graders and 36% of twelfth graders are reading at or above the proficient level. Teachers want to help these students improve their reading and writing ability; however, the task is daunting because of a lack of appropriate instructional materials to address the specific issues with which these students struggle.

Reading Advantage, designed by Laura Robb with a team of nationally known university educators and master classroom teachers, can help this adolescent population improve their reading and writing skills. The four kits address the needs of at-risk adolescents who are reading between a second and sixth grade reading level. The program focuses on critical areas where students need the most support: comprehension, word study and phonics, vocabulary and fluency building, and assessment, and includes enough reading materials to support each student’s progress.

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Evaluation and Assessment

Reading Advantage includes an Assessment Book  with instructions for determining students’ reading level, pretests, posttests, and end of magazine tests, to track student progress, and checklists and observation notes for ongoing assessment.

Professional Development

A high-quality professional development workshop is available to help educators implement the proven-effective approach of the Reading Advantage program and to learn strategies for teaching comprehension, word study, and fluency development with struggling middle and high school students.

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