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Fast ForWord Makes Gains in Florida, Texas
The study involved 828 middle- and high-school students in Dallas ISD during the school years of 2004/2005, 2005/2006, and 2006/2007. Fast ForWord was used as a reading intervention for for all secondary tier-2 students (those who were reading "below the 40th percentile or ... had a TAKS Reading score below 2100," according to Scientific Learning). Students used the software 50 minutes per day five days per week.
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Dave Nagel, "Fast ForWord Makes Gains in Florida, Texas," T.H.E. Journal, 3/12/2008, http://www.thejournal.com/articles/22222
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