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SRA Reading Program

Program Directors:

Cindy Cowen (x252)

The Corrective Reading Program at STMS enables many students to dramatically increase their reading skills. Because of this program, many students have improved not only reading skills, but also their ability to perform in other curricular areas. Standardized test scores have also increased since the introduction of SRA Reading four three years ago.

Students are grouped at their "reading comfort area" based on a preliminary placement test. In classes ranging from very beginning recognition of sounds and letters (mostly for our English Learners) to rigorous reasoning and writing classes for high readers, students are challenged at their current level of proficiency. Early lessons concentrate on decoding, reading aloud, fluency and coomprehension, while the at the higher levels of reasoning and writing, students focus on grammar, writing skills, and clear thinking.

For more information on this research based program, visit the SRA Website at http://www.sra.com.

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