Update re R.W. School Goals & Objectives

Our basic project goals and objectives are, as always, having our students become excited about reading independently and also reading together with their families.

Some of our students gain as much as one grade level in reading proficiency with just one six-week Reading Window session of thirty lessons. Some children began their work with us after their parents expressed distress about schools having recommended their children repeat a grade. After six weeks of work with us, usually such students are well up to grade level and all talk about repeating a grade has vanished.

We also teach preschoolers whose parents want them to be better prepared for kindergarten. Our preschool students learn to read very quickly; follow-up shows that they do very well in kindergarten and afterward.

Our ultimate, long-range goal is for all students in our county who have average or above-average intelligence to achieve average or above-average literacy levels compared to students nationwide.

Our record of success indicates that this is attainable.