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My Reading Coach Gold Using Scientifically Tested Reading Instruction
In addition to utilizing demonstrated "best practices" in the field, My Reading Coach Gold is supported by scientific research, consistent with the findings of the National Reading Panel (NRP). In April 2000, this panel released its research-based findings in two reports and a video entitled, "Teaching Children to Read."
These reports explain the methodology and scientific research used by the NRP
in its effort to assess the best ways to teach children to read. The NRP
research was conducted by five subgroups which focused on
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 provides Reading First grants for state and local school districts in which students are systematically and explicitly taught these five key components of early reading as specified by the NRP.
My Reading Coach Gold is consistent with scientifically-based research. It offers consistency of reading instruction and modeling, along with the best scientific practices to provide the accountability required in Reading First classrooms. It addresses each of the five key components found important by the NRP. It provides a clear instructional design in the following ways:- Explicit, direct, individualized instruction and remediation,
- Integrated instructional sequences,
- Practice activities that are mastery based to ensure short and long term memory retention and application,
- Pre-testing as well as review testing and placement to ensure each student receives appropriately targeted instruction,
- Professional development on effective reading instruction using an experienced co-teacher,
- Supplemental teacher and student support materials.
My Reading Coach Gold software offers schools a unique, cost-effective way to provide one-on-one reading instruction and remediation through technology. It empowers by allowing each child the opportunity to interact with an experienced reading teacher and speech pathologist. The application of this technology allows all children equal access and equality of instruction. The embedded coach teaches phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency and vocabulary. The coach also teaches and models effective reading comprehension strategies. The simple, easy to use management system monitors and tracks student progress and provides teachers and administrators with both class performance and improvement statistics, as well as detailed information on each individual student.
