Hale Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois

Institution

Hale Elementary School, School District 130, Chicago, Illinois

Scope of Work

Pilot data collected between two first grade classes selected to test and document the Discover Intensive Phonics product

Tool

Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) data

Evaluation

A yearlong study of two first grade classes was conducted using the SAT as the pre- and post-assessment tool. Data collected at the end of the year revealed that the Intensive Phonics group averaged as follows:

• 91 percent in Word Study skills, compared to 37 percent for those first graders not participating in the Intensive Phonics program
• 67 percent in Word Reading, compared with 25 percent for non-participants
• 75 percent in Comprehension, compared with 29 percent for non-participants
• 78 percent in Listening, compared with 34 percent for non-participants
• 74 percent in Spelling, compared with 38 percent for non-participants

The complete study also compares these with first grade scores district-wide within #130.

Data