A Leech Lake tribal school's reading overhaul is paying off
After two years of Direct Instruction, students at Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School made close to four years of progress in basic reading. Some older students who had been three or four grades behind are now on grade level.
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Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School, on the Leech Lake Reservation in Bena, has spent two years on a structured Direct Instruction reading program. In that time, students made close to four years of progress in basic reading skills. Some older students who had been three or four grades behind are now reading on grade level.
The gain is in those basic skills, for the students the school measured. It is the result of two years of the same program, not a claim about every class in the building.
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