Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

Scope of Work

Data collected by education manager of the Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Group I represents students who participated in direct instruction only, while Group II represents students who had access to Reading Horizons as well as direct instruction.

Tool

The Reading Comprehension portion of the TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education)

Data

Evaluator's Observations

"Humphrey (Job Corps Center) has been very satisfied with the results of the Intensive Phonics program. We find that the lack of pictures and (its) emphasis on language/word structure is a selling point to our students.

"The availability of the software program is an augment to the teacher-directed program. The computer-assisted program provides the students with extra practice as well as allowing students who may have missed classes an opportunity to catch up. We also use it for students who may not need the intense focus of the teacher-directed program but can use the phonics help (eg., good readers/poor spellers). These students use the program independently."