Groundbreaking literacy program triples rate of progress among struggling young readers
A University of Alberta literacy expert has completed the largest reading intervention in Canadian history, tripling the rate of progress for most participants after just five months. Preliminary results show that about half of the children in the program require no further intervention.
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