Why is the Bannatyne Program not structured and organized like other reading programs, or other kinds of regular school programs, especially in terms of age or grade levels?
Simply because these regular school programs have NOT succeeded with many students, and even those verbally competent students with whom these programs appear to have succeeded, could almost certainly be at least twice as far along in their achievement levels if they used the Bannatyne Program. For example, the Bannatyne Program has had regular third grade students reading, spelling and comprehending English at the fifth and sixth grade levels. Even most handicapped students move along faster in the Bannatyne Program than do regular students in regular classrooms using regular reading programs. Most parents and teachers do not seem to realize that regular students progress only one grade level a year and that, on average, it takes six years to reach the sixth grade level of reading or to achieve a reading age of 12. Yet, often, most parents and many teachers often expect handicapped readers to progress (catch up) several grade levels a year even with fewer hours of weekly tuition than
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- Would "Total attendance at programs and presentations by the library" include all the participants in the Reading Club program?
- How then does the structure and organization of the Bannatyne Program differ from regular school reading programs?
- Why doesnt the program begin with teaching short vowels, as do most reading programs?
