Reading program purchased for schools again

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June 3, 2009

By Leslie N. Dees The Star Herald Wed Jun 03, 2009, 11:15 AM CDT

The Attala County School Board approved to purchase the Read 180 and Achieve3000 programs for the district after hearing from Achieve3000 District Coordinator and seventh and eighth grade English teacher Velvet Adcock during the Monday night meeting in the Attala County Courthouse.

All four schools have been using the programs in grades second-eighth.

Achieve3000 solutions provide the first web-based, individualized learning solutions scientifically proven to accelerate reading comprehension, vocabulary, writing proficiency and performance on high stakes tests, according to the program’s Web site.

Adcock said students’ reading levels are a problem across the district.

She said if they can’t read on their grade level, they are not going to do well on the state test.

Adcock said it is important to correct the reading problem at a lower grade level.

She submitted data for each school and their scores.

An example is shown below:

At Long Creek Elementary, 33 second grade students used the program.

Seventeen improved their reading level, 13 remained at the same level, three decreased, five are reading above grade level and six are reading at grade level.

Of the 33 students, 22 are reading below grade level and are pre-reader or beginning reader level.

In the second grade at Greenlee Elementary school, there are 57 students.

Twenty seven improved their reading level, 23 remained the same, seven decreased, 12 are reading above grade level and 10 are at grade level.

There are 35 reading below grade level and 36 reading on a pre-reader or beginning reader level.

At Ethel High School, there are three out of 43 seventh graders on a pre-reader and beginning reader level. In the eighth grade at EHS, none of the 42 students are on a pre-reader and beginning reader level.

At McAdams High School, there are two seventh graders on a pre-reader and beginning reader level out of 25. In the eighth grade, there are three on a pre-reader and beginning reader level out of 38.

At EHS, Adcock said she has given incentives for completing work on Achieve3000 such as certificates on awards day for increasing levels, award for the highest levels in each grade, awards for a boy and girl who are the most improved and a student for each grade for reading the most articles.

She applauded teachers, who are using the program, and said they are seeing a difference in their students’ reading levels.

Superintendent Larry Stevens said all teachers in the district need to get on board with this program and use it.

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