Title: Building on the Best, Learning from What Works: Lindamood-Bell | Reading Rockets
Headings: Building on the Best, Learning from What Works: Lindamood-Bell
Building on the Best, Learning from What Works: Lindamood-Bell
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Content: Success is also dependent on the existence of a challenging curriculum, and on paying "a great deal of attention to issues of initial and long-term implementation, and to institutionalizing the reforms." This and other studies have also found that schoolwide reforms tend to be more effective than pull-out or patchwork programs, and that externally developed programs-particularly those with support networks from which schools can draw strength and tangible assistance-tend to do better than local designs. Given these and similar research findings, we developed the criteria below to help identify promising programs for raising student achievement, especially in low-performing schools. You will find descriptions of five reading intervention programs on the following pages. Although each particular program has its own strengths and weaknesses, all show evidence of: High Standards. The program helps all students acquire the skills and/or knowledge they need to successfully perform to high academic standards. Effectiveness. The program has proven to be effective in raising the academic achievement levels of "atrisk" students in low-performing schools, based on independent evaluations. Replicability.