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Reading First Impact Study - Interim Report

National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (May 2008)

The $1 billion-a-year Reading First program has had no measurable effect on students' reading comprehension, on average, although participating schools are spending significantly more time teaching the basic skills that researchers say children need to become proficient readers.