Expanded partnership with local schools is getting more students reading proficiently by the end of third grade.
“In Sonoma County, only 41% of 3rd graders are reading on grade level, signaling an urgent need for successful approaches that scale”, according to Dennis Ciancio, PhD, Signal Point Research, LLC.
“For years, the US education system has seen programs intended to address reading. From the early 2000s Reading First program, to states adopting phonics programs, to districts creating new curriculum — while each have shone a light on the reading crisis, very few have resulted in meaningful, large scale change.” Ciancio stated…