Maggie Alexander, the Brandywine School District's 1995 Teacher of the Year and a member of the RSS pilot and planning team, described the applicability and the program's strengths. Another important dimension is that RSS not only teaches students word identification strategy, but it shows them how to cross check word recognition cues, enabling them to correct their mistakes. I supervisor said. It's almost as if the teachers jump into the heads of the kids. They really are engaged in the thinking and the reading.
Discussion now concerns the program's next phase.
A 1996 summer early intervention program, similar to last year's, will be implemented in southern Delaware, to extend the program statewide. Planning is under way for at least one other summer session in New Castle County, as well. We are using the combined experience of some of the most capable teachers in the state to inform all those decisions that research has not addressed. The prospects for success are very exciting. Most reading problems are preventable.