Reading renaissance - Results continue to give implementers of grade-seven literacy initiative reason to smile

Reading renaissance - Results continue to give implementers of grade-seven literacy initiative reason to smile

Grace Baston, the lead implementer behind the Grade Seven Academy Reading initiative at Holy Trinity High School in Kingston, could not be more pleased with the latest findings from the third student-administered assessment of grade-eight students this year. Compared with the first assessment, the latest results show a 91.7 per cent improvement, while less than one per cent of students declined and 7.5 per cent remained at the same level. The fi…