Scholastic's Read 180 Program Is Term Paper

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Even if these students were special education students, Iowa regularly places at the top of the national average for student scores and abilities. Thus, using Iowa students may bias the results by increasing the benefits in a way not reflective of the national average, which is typically much lower than Iowa's averages.

Unfortunately, there is little if any independent data available on the benefit of Read 180 for low level reading students with special needs. Therefore, to come to a sound conclusion on the programs overall benefits, one will need to conduct an independent study. This will best be done by following the example used in the Des Moines Independent School District study, following and tracking test scores for a five-year period of 180 Read's use. However, to get a better sample the studies should be conducted at schools located at various income levels, minority backgrounds and overall school achievement statistics.
By conducting these studies across a diverse array of school settings, one will get an answer to the true benefit of Read 180's approach to reading recovery. Further, the research will show whether the program works best in certain settings or with certain sub-populations of low level reading students with special needs......

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