Comments on: 6 Billion Dollars… to maintain status quo? http://www.teach42.com/2008/05/08/6-billion-dollars-to-maintain-status-quo/ Education and Technology by Steve Dembo Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:59:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Lee http://www.teach42.com/2008/05/08/6-billion-dollars-to-maintain-status-quo/#comment-114432 Lee Tue, 13 May 2008 01:05:04 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/?p=879#comment-114432 Well this just goes to show that statistics do not always show the whole picture. My district has found great success with Reading First (we may not have been following the script to the letter). We have seen vast improvements in our elementary reading scores. In fact of our 6 elementary school, 4 of which were labeled as failing have all made AYP thanks in great part to Reading First. So say what you want, but Reading First was not a total waste and in fact for us was a huge success. Lee's most recent blog post.. <a href="http://leespeers.blogspot.com/2008/05/another-voice-joins-chorus.html" rel="nofollow">Another Voice Joins the Chorus</a> Well this just goes to show that statistics do not always show the whole picture. My district has found great success with Reading First (we may not have been following the script to the letter). We have seen vast improvements in our elementary reading scores. In fact of our 6 elementary school, 4 of which were labeled as failing have all made AYP thanks in great part to Reading First. So say what you want, but Reading First was not a total waste and in fact for us was a huge success.

Lee’s most recent blog post.. Another Voice Joins the Chorus

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