Research Article

A Balanced Literacy Initiative for One Suburban School District in the United States

Table 1

Frequency of observed reading components.

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Phonemic awareness18.93% 5.56% 0.00% 0.00% 0.0% 0.00% 4.59%
Phonics/word study71.49%60.20%47.14% 28.70% 0.0%37.22%41.24%
Fluency 3.33%14.05%10.18% 9.35% 0.0% 0.00% 6.92%
Vocabulary 0.00% 2.78% 5.42% 1.85% 0.0%15.00% 2.82%
Comprehension 6.25%17.42%37.26% 60.09%100.0%47.78%41.30%