The relationship between the 'Breaking the Code' reading program and reading achievement at Stanford Middle School

Stanford Addle School, like many other middle schools across the Long Beach Unified School District, receives 6th graders who are reading below the 25th percentile on the reading subtests of the Stanford Achievement Test (9th Edition). The majority of students who score in this lower quartile are multiple grade levels below expectancy in reading. This study examines performance on the Stanford Achievement Test (9th Edition) and reading running records (miscue analysis) over a 6 month period in which the "Breaking the Code" program was instituted for this population. Substantial improvement in performance was noted for the vast majority of these students. A similar program should be considered by any school seeking to increase performance among students achieving in the lowest quartile.