Reading Enhancement and Development Program: An Evaluation of School-to-School Partnership Reading Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Alfonso Central School being a leader school in School-to-School Partnership strengthens the promotion of zero non-reader. As further recommended by Binauhan and Escover (2017), this research has been conducted to further evaluate the REaD Program previously done in Mangas Elementary School since there is a high demand of the conduct of reading program that will cure the identified reading difficulties among grades 1-3 pupils.

METHODS

The data were analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative sources to assess the reading program. The qualitative data gathered from the survey questionnaire were used to further explain the quantitative results based from the pre and post reading test given by the teachers.

RESULTS

The findings reveal that only 44.95% of grades 1-3 pupils are fast readers of sentences with comprehension in Filipino during the pre-reading assessment. After undertaking the Reading Enhancement and Development Program, pupils' reading performance in Filipino has significantly increased in all grade levels which has been evident during the post reading assessment.

DISCUSSIONS

The results showed the effectiveness of the reading program in the leader school of SSP particularly to grades 1-3 pupils. Progress in reading in Filipino was significantly evident based from the post reading test given by the teachers. The teachers who were interviewed during the conduct of the research strongly agreed that the reading program can be adopted by the other schools which have not reached the pupils' full potential in reading. Consequently, more trainings in reading were also demanded by the teachers in the primary level to better implement the reading program. This result is parallel to the previous research done by Binauhan and Escover (2017). Moreover, it focuses only on the effectiveness of the reading program used particularly in School to School Partnership practiced by the leader school and the partner school. Its emphases are on word recognition and reading comprehension. A continuous study on reading is encouraged to concentrate more on the learners to find out the root cause of their difficulties in reading.