Extra Literacy Class Helps Struggling Readers--Some.

NINTH grade (Education); GOVERNMENT programs; READING (Secondary); EDUCATIONAL evaluation; HIGH school students; EDUCATIONAL outcomes; MDRC (Company)

The article discusses a report by MDRC on the ways to improve reading skills among ninth graders in the U.S. It is suggested that schools provide students with an additional reading class because it can improve academic achievement. The Enhanced Reading Opportunities Study evaluated the Reading Apprenticeship Academy Literacy and the Xtreme Reading approaches to literacy.