At-Risk Students Make Significant Progress on
Michigan’s High-stakes Reading Test
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Assessment: Michigan
Assessment of Educational (TOWRE)
Progress and the Test of Word Reading Efficiency
Student Population: 50 students receiving special education and speech and language services.
Students from grades 1 through 5.
Poster presented at the 2002
American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn. Convention
November 22, 2002
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Sound Reading is an intervention for students
who
respond
slowly
to
your
primary
reading
instruction.
When
the
results
for
your
current
curriculum
(as
diverse
as
Read
180™,
Treasures™,
Wilson
Reading™
or
Reading
Recovery)
doesn’t
lead
to
success
for
all
your
students,
your
staff
doesn’t
need
more
training…your
students
need
a
different
approach.
Don’t
do
the
same
thing
over
and
over
again
and
expect
different
results.
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AP Hill Portsmouth Reading Project |
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Struggling 3rd, 4th and 5th graders at A.P. Hill School in Petersburg, VA made significant gains in reading skill over the course of the 2006-2007 school year using Sound Reading Software.
School demographics: 100% minority, 98% free and reduced lunch.
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Sound Reading is one of a handful of truly new
approaches
to
reading
instruction.
Based
on
the
latest
research
and
a
decade
of
field-testing
in
school
districts
as
diverse
as
New
York
City
and
rural
Florida,
Sound
Reading
provides
the
critical
language
processing
support
that
assures
reading
success.
Sound
Reading’s
powerful
methods
will
bring
the
vast
majority
of
struggling
readers
to
grade
level,
even
tenth
graders
with
second
grade
reading
levels.
Why
accept
small
(5
to
15%)
increases
in
reading
scores
when
75%
of
Title
One
/
remedial
students
and
40%
of
special
education
students
will
be
reading
at
or
above
grade
level
for
fluency,
decoding
and
comprehension
after
Sound
Reading’s
tiered
intervention.
Sound Reading provides critical instruction
that
is
missing
or
not
fully
developed
in
most
other
reading
programs.
Our
reading
approach
uses
a
combination
of
methods
traditionally
delivered
by
speech
and
language
therapists.
Neurologically,
all
reading
problems
are
rooted
in
problems
processing
spoken
words:
Decoding is limited by a range of auditory and phonological processing issues.
Fluency is hindered by naming and word retrieval difficulties.
Higher level reading comprehension is dramatically impaired by receptive (listening) comprehension troubles.
By targeting these issues with the powerful new reading methods, Sound Reading produces exceptional results in as few as 15 hours of instruction.
Sound Reading provides:
Auditory processing and reasoning instruction using our unique listen, process, respond instructional method.
Deep phonemic awareness that is effective for older students with prolonged reading difficulties. Some programs provide only basic segmentation and blending instruction.
Some
Programs
provide
only
basic
segmentation
and
blending
instruction.
English is the most difficult language to read, requiring sophisticated phonemic awareness.
Phonological recoding – the most advanced and quickest way of teaching phonics.
Unique fluency instruction combining rapid naming and word retrieval practice with code-progressive reading practice.
Many students who struggle with comprehension require the three elements below before they are able to apply higher-level comprehension skills.
Advanced instructional methods
developed
by
cognitive
scientists
including overlearning
Distributed instruction
Reduced error instructions that maximizes learning
For School or
District Level Purchases
Sound Reading
Solutions programs are easy to
implement and are compatible with
your current curriculum.
Efficient, cost effective, print
-to-speech instruction that helps
all students cross the bridge to
literacy. Our software, activity
programs, games, fluency readers,
and assessment offer research-based
solutions for:
Reading development
Improvement
Intervention
Fluency
Based on neurological research
and meeting government requirements
for research-based instruction the
Sound Reading can take your students
up to grade level or above in
comprehension and fluency in as few
as 15 hours.
Teachers can begin
using the system after an hour with
our step-by-step program manual.
Staff
development workshops are
available. The Sound Reading System
is appropriate for use with small
groups, whole class, and individual
instruction.
Call us for information on our
Network Software and whole school
adoptions:
1-800 -801-1954
 “The students have responded enthusiastically .
Our data indicates that the earlier (grade) we
implement the program the more significant are the
gains.”
Mimi Williams, MEDCCC/SLP
Fairview Elementary School
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 "Our student population needs what Sound Reading Solutions offers.
I like the
structure of the program, the research that’s
gone into designing the program is solid, as it
builds fluency it also builds students
confidence. It’s user friendly.”
Karen Bakken, Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin |
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