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Catch-up Reading Scheme 'success'

Posted at 10:42AM Friday 09 May 2008

Struggling young readers make lasting progress on a scheme that offers one-to-one support, a study suggests.

Government-funded Reading Recovery gives six-year-olds tailored coaching from specially trained teachers for half an hour a day for 12 to 20 weeks.

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