USF Researcher Finds Significant Improvement with TUNEin to READING

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dr. Susan Homan, distinguished researcher on adolescent literacy from the University of South Florida, released a fifth and sixth year of research data reporting impressive literacy gains for struggling readers who used TUNEin™ to READING. Dr. Homan found that over a six-year period, struggling readers using TUNEin to READING — from Electronic Learning Products (www.elpcorp.com) — significantly outperformed their peers (who were using other reading intervention programs) on the FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test). The year-over-year gains ranged from 27% to 214%.

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Charter Schools Pass Key Test in Study

From the Wall Street Journal... I like this researcher's thinking. If someone criticizes research, go back and rework it so it addresses the very faults they raised!

Charter Schools Pass Key Test in Study
By JOHN HECHINGER and IANTHE JEANNE DUGAN
Wall Street Journal
September 22, 2009

An excerpt from the article:

Critics of charter schools have long argued that any higher test scores were not necessarily attributable to anything the schools were doing, but to the students themselves, on the premise that only the most motivated students and families elected charters. Ms. Hoxby's study sought to address that argument by comparing students who attend charters directly with similarly motivated students -- those who sought to attend charters but were denied a seat through a random lottery. She concluded the charters did have a positive effect.

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