Despite a mostly virtual instructional year, Reading Assist students made incredible strides. We welcomed our largest cohort of Reading Assist Fellows to date to serve, and they adapted as schedules changed and children shifted from virtual to hybrid learning. Learn more about our students' progress in our 2020-21 Impact Report. Even bigger things are in
Delaware Public Media -- The consensus is that the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on schools left many students learning less than they would in a normal year. How best to catch-up is a question schools and the state are grappling with as summer break looms next month. Both for the summer and the school year, schools
When Delaware schools closed in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Reading Assist quickly pivoted so our fellows could continue to provide reading intervention to their students online. A virtual spring gave way to a virtual 2020-21 school year, and we weren’t sure what that would mean for our students and their
We are so excited to unveil our brand-new look! We’ve revamped our brand identity and website to better reflect the organization we are today, and further support the Reading Assist Fellows, students, partner schools, and stakeholders we serve through our reading intervention program. Reading Assist is working diligently to expand our evidence-based reading program throughout Delaware. We
Despite school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Reading Assist made significant strides toward our three-year strategic plan goals to extend our reach throughout the state and serve more children during the 2019-20 school year.
Reading Assist is proud to receive national recognition for its accredited AmeriCorps program. In a highly competitive year, our program is one of only two programs in Delaware that qualified for direct federal AmeriCorps funding. The Corporation for National and Community Service found strong evidence that our intervention model is yielding positive results for our
Opinion Delaware Online -- Reading Assist Executive Director Caroline O’Neal explains why early reading intervention is the key to developing successful readers.
Learn about what Reading Assist is up to this Fall.
Delaware Business Times -- The 13 graduates were the first to undertake the 50-hour training course in the accredited Reading Assist Intervention Program. It’s the only program in Delaware accredited by the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council. Just two students out of 17 2nd grade students in the program hit benchmarks for phonemic segmentation at the
Delaware Online -- Reading Assist Intervention Corps members spend 45 minutes a day, five days a week with students like Bowers teaching the “mechanics of reading" to children who struggle to connect letters and their related sounds, impairing their ability to "decode” words and read fluently.
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