FREDERICKTOWN — As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, the Reading Recovery community in North America has honored the outstanding success of the program in Fredericktown Elementary School.
The school’s Reading Recovery program was one of the first of its kind in the nation, as well as in Ohio, and, since the 1986-87 school year, has been helping struggling first-graders improve in fluency, comprehension, alphabetic skills and general reading achievement.
There are documented long-term benefits from the program. For example, on the most recent third-grade Ohio Achievement reading test, 24 of the 26 pupils who participated in Reading Recovery in first grade achieved a passing score on the test; six were rated proficient and 18 placed in the advanced or accelerated ranges.
“The fact that the district has made a commitment to have three full-time reading teachers, has a huge impact on our really excellent, excellent reading scores in the district,” said elementary principal Emily Funston. “It starts in primary school, and because the children are reading well when they leave primary school, the reading scores are high all across the district.”
Read more about Reading Recovery at http://www.readingrecovery.org/