Campbell County silent reading program critiqued

Tools

By The Associated Press

Story Published: Nov 1, 2009 at 5:11 PM MST

Story Updated: Nov 1, 2009 at 5:11 PM MST

GILLETTE, WYOMING - A program put in place by the Campbell County School District intended to improve student reading skills by hooking kids on reading appears to be having mixed success.

The district in 1996 added what it calls sustained silent reading, where students for 20 minutes each day concentrate on reading books, magazines, newspapers or class material. But for the last four years, statewide tests of Campbell County High School juniors found that only 65% to 69% are reading at a proficient or advanced level.

That put Campbell County in the middle of similarly sized Wyoming schools. And last spring, the number of Campbell County High School students deemed "advanced" readers in a statewide test was 5.64%.

That's the lowest among 12 similarly sized Wyoming schools. Laramie High School was the highest with 25.60% of students deemed advanced readers.

Add a comment

Name:

Comment: 500 Characters Left

KULR-8 News, Sports, Weather and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or other interaction among the users. We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit user-generated content at any time and for any or no reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so or to monitor any Public Forum.

Your Weather Authority

Icon
Current Temp 44.0 °F
Partly Cloudy and Breezy
Wind : West at
24.2 mph
Humidity : 51 %
Pressure : 29.64 in
More Weather

State Farm Sky Cam

More Weather

AP Video

On Demand

Stock Quotes
This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.

Cast Your Vote

How will you shop this holiday season?

  • Spend More
  • Spend The Same
  • Spend Less

Links We Like