A Reading Boost for Older Children; Now the Big Kids Get Some Help, Too

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Reading aloud embarrassed Vanessa Hernandez when she had to do it in a classroom full of students for whom words and pronunciation seemed to come easy.

But after seeing her reading ability jump two grade levels in just over a month, and with only a computer judging how she pronounces words, Vanessa Hernandez said she is finally learning how reading can be fun.

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A Reading Boost for Older Children; Now the Big Kids Get Some Help, Too

"You feel so much confidence," the sixth-grader from Waukesha's Hadfield Elementary School said of the improvements she's made this year.

Vanessa's newfound appreciation of written English comes courtesy of Read 180, a reading intervention program that has rapidly expanded nationwide.

Touting research-based instructional ...

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