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Schedule of Use Students primarily used the 40-Minute protocol which calls for product use 40 minutes a day, five days per week for eight to sixteen weeks. All the students completed the Fast ForWord® Literacy product and then most spent a short time on the Fast ForWord® Literacy Advanced product before using the Fast ForWord® Reading Level 2 or Level 3 product. Overall, products were used for an average of 49 days during a four month period. Assessment Results The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, or ITBS, were developed by the University of Iowa’s College of Education to provide an assessment of students in kindergarten through 8th grade. The multiple-choice test evaluates students in the core areas (Reading, Language, and Math) as well as in subject areas (Science, Social Studies, and Information Source).  On average, students achieved statistically significant improvements in all six reas in which they were evaluated: Reading, Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, cience, and Sources of Information which includes the ability to read maps and diagrams as well as reference material. During the four months between assessments, average improvements on the six tests ranged from 5 months to 1 year. All subjects require strong learning skills including attention, memory, and information processing – skills improved by the Fast ForWord® products. Educational Gains The results found in this study support other studies demonstrating that using the Fast ForWord® products results in the strengthening of foundational reading skills, better positioning students to partake in the classroom curriculum. Students achieved significant gains in several academic areas including:
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