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| Title | The Power Hour Strengthens Test Scores |
| Body | From: NCELA Darell Edward Ehrlick reports in The Herald Journal on a reading program called 'The Power Hour', which stands for "power occurs when every resource has opportunity to unite reading." With the assistance of university education students, trained volunteers, ESL instructors, and reading specialists, every student reads for at least an hour a day, every day of the school year. Although not an easy sell to teachers at first because it is so time-consuming, according to Principal Sundee Ware the initiator of the program, the program's one-hour per day investment paid off in huge dividends (at Wilson Elementary, her former school), and test scores started eclipsing statewide averages. The way the program works is each student in the school is assigned to a group of three to five students according to ability level. Thus, those students excelling in vocabulary or reading work with others who excel; and struggling students work in smaller groups of students that focus on the area(s) they are struggling with. According to Ware, an important characteristic of this program is the ability to assess each child's progress and adapt to the results right away. To read the entire article, visit: http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2003/09/24/news/news02.txt |
| Source | The Herald Journal |
| Inputdate | 2003-10-03 10:27:00 |
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