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Article: Turning the tide.(Orange County, FL, school district raises reading scores of students by up to two grade levels annually)
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- May 1, 1999
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Find it hard to believe that a school district could raise the reading scores of struggling students by as much as two grade levels each year? Orange County, Florida, has - and the stunning achievement continues
Every time we turn around, we seem to be facing a challenging new educational mandate. In recent years it has been "all children must read by third grade." In the past few months, we've been hearing "no more social promotions."
For those of us working with struggling older students, mandates like these beg the question: What happens to the students who are past third grade and still can't read - or at least can't read anywhere near grade level?