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Read, Write & Type!™
Florida State University Study: In a study conducted at Florida State University, a group of first graders who were identified as at-risk for reading failure were evaluated over a 2-year period in a program using Read, Write & Type!™. The children showed large gains in reading skills from pre to post-tests, with very large gains in fluency and accuracy. Reading comprehension scores were also higher than expected based on the children's general verbal ability.
Millard School Study: In a classroom study conducted at Millard School in Fremont, California, 94 first graders received instruction using Read, Write & Type!™ in two 1-hour sessions per week for a seven month period. The performance of these children was compared to that of 50 first graders from a comparable elementary school who started with higher reading levels than the students from Millard School. The Millard School children achieved significantly higher end of year scores on phoneme blending, reading nonwords, and spelling.
Family Literacy Project: The Family Literacy Project, funded by the Knight Foundation, informally explored Read, Write & Type!'s effectiveness with children and adults learning English as a second language. First and second graders used their new RWT!™ skills to help an adult family member learn English. A group of Vietnamese families and a group of Hispanic families participated for two nights a week in four 6-week sessions. This project was not designed to collect formal data, but both the adults and children found it very enjoyable and there were waiting lists for each session.
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