PROJECT READ - ANNUAL REPORT, 1976-1977

• NCJ Number: 40594
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 41 pages
• Grant Number(s): 76-JN-99-0017
• Sponsoring Agency: American Bar Association; US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Read, Inc
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Annual/Periodic)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

FIRST YEAR REPORT OF PROJECT READ (READING EFFICIENCY AND DELINQUENCY), A PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE READING SKILLS OF JUVENILES IN TRAINING SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

Abstract

THE PROJECT WAS BASED ON TWO FACTS - A 1974 SURVEY REVEALED THAT MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF INCARCERATED JUVENILES ARE FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE AND A READING MOTIVATION PROGRAM USED IN A SMALL NUMBER OF ASSOCIATIONS HAD PROVEN EFFECTIVE. MAJOR OBJECTIVES INCLUDED TRAINING TEACHERS AND PROVIDING FREE READING MATERIAL. A TOTAL OF 148 INSTITUTIONS IN 47 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RECEIVED ASSISTANCE DURING THE FIRST YEAR AND MORE THAN 60,000 PAPERBACK BOOKS WERE DISTRIBUTED....EB