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Accelerated Reading Scores in Houston

NOTE: This information on Accelerated Reader, which follows a section on Houston dropouts claiming The percentage of students in the ninth-grade cohort who dropped out of school by the end of four years increased from 12.5 percent for the class of 2005 to 17.9 percent for the class of 2006, can be found on p. 47 of a 130-page document.

One has to wonder how a diligent board of education can possibly cope with all this.



Campuses will use these funds to provide
intensive intervention to students who are in need of additional assistance to meet
reading and mathematics TAKS passing standards. . . .

ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS/IMPACT: This agenda item supports HISD Goal 1:
Increase Student Achievement. This
funding will create opportunities for school
staff members to work collaboratively to
ensure that all students are meeting grade level
expectations in reading and
mathematics. . . .

THIS ITEM DOES NOT REQUIRE CONSULTATION.




Got that? No consultation. They don't want any experts telling the Board that this is worse than a loony plan. This does harm to the development of children who love books.

Accelerated Reading gets $6,555,976 smackers from the Texas Education Agency to corrupt the reading habits of the young.

I've written a LONG, detailed report on Accelerated Reader. After failing to find anybody to publish it, I'm working at making it shorter.

We need a national effort to protect children from the evils of Accelerated Reader. Read Stephen Krashen's definitive research.


THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA
November 8, 2007

ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION
AGENCY FOR THE ACCELERATED READING INSTRUCTION AND ACCELERATED MATH INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS

The Houston Independent School District (HISD) has been awarded funding in the
amount of $6,555,976 from the Texas Education Agency to provide reading and
mathematics interventions for students in grades K–8. The designated funding
amounts are $3,043,949 for accelerated reading instruction (ARI) and $3,512,027
for accelerated math instruction (AMI). These amounts represent 100 percent of
HISD’s total funding allocation for the 2007–2008 school year. The total funding
allocations are based on the following formula: $1,436 for each third-grade student
failing the first administration of the 2007 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and
Skills (TAKS) English or Spanish reading assessment, and $1,436 for each fifth grade
student failing the 2007 TAKS mathematics assessment.

The Board also approved: $300,000 to COW Software, Hardware, and
Training, Ignite! Learning (p. 100)



— agenda
Houston Board of Education
2007-11-08
http://tinyurl.com/37a777

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