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This is a summary of some of the results we have received from schools. They are in different formats, according to the information supplied by the schools concerned. Background information about the trial can be accessed by clicking on Supporting Information. Printable pdfs are also available for most trials.

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Grey Lynn Primary School

Children were taught for three terms with 3 x 40 minute sessions per week.

Pupil	Spelling Age at Start	Spelling Age at End	Improvement after 31 weeks
B1	5.2	6.6	1 year 4 months
B2	5.7	6.7	1 year
B3	5.2	7.1	1 year 11 months
B4	5.3	6.3	1 year
G1	5.2	7.1	1 year 11 months
G2	5.2	5.3	1 month
Average Improvement in months			14.5 months

Westmere Primary School

Children were taught for 31 weeks with 4 x 30 minute sessions per week

Name	Chronological age	Spelling age		Total tuition time (max)	Difference after 6 weeks tuition
		25/10/11	5/12/11
A	11yr 3m	9.6	10.1	6 hrs	7 months
B	11yr 6m	9.1	9.7	6 hrs	6 months
C	11yr 4m	8.3	9.1	6 hrs	8 months
D	9yr 7m	7.5	7.9	6 hrs	4 months
E	10yr	7.2	8.1	6 hrs	9 months
F	11yr 6m	9.1	9.4	6 hrs	3 months
G	9yr 7m	8.0	8.1	3 hrs	1 month
H	11yr 4 m	7.0	8.4	6 hrs	16 months
I	12yr 4m	8.6	8.9	6 hrs	3 months
J	9yr 10m	7.3	7.7	6 hrs	4 months
	Average improvement				6.1 months

Motueka South Primary School

Most learners in this trial had 2 x 30 minutes per week. K and G only had 1 x 30 minutes per week. Learners were in groups of 2 or 3.

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Richmond Road Primary

Children were taught for three or four terms with 3 x 30 minute sessions per week. Senco comment: Children have all made an average of 2 years progress in reading and an average of l.7 months improvement in reading.

Pupil	Year Group	Months of tuition	Gain in months
			Spelling	Reading Accuracy	Reading Comprehension
A	10	13	12	22	48
B	10	20	26	36	24
C	10	16	33	30	32
D	10	11	20	16	33
E	10	16	34	NA	NA
F	10	22	24	35	48
G	10	18	42	15	51
H	10	17	24	32	31
I	9	17	15	-4	14
J	9	15	25	49	30
K	10	5	10	10	12
L	10	5	18	12	1
M	10	6	30	NA	NA
N	9	15	47	NA	NA
O	10	10	29	16	12
P	9	16	16	35	17
Q	9	21	38	16	47
R	8	5	17	18	35
S	8	10	17	19	36
T	7	7	20	17	24
U	7	10	12	-2	5
V	9	7	13	28	45

Ashburton College

High School students on Steps to Literacy programme. Varying periods of time and variable group sizes. Students received 4 x 40 minutes per week. Gains in Reading Accuracy and Reading Comprehension were not measured where the student was already above age level in those aspects at the start.

Fernside School

Watch this great video to see Steps in action at Fernside School! It was produced by David Taylor, the Principal.

Year Group	No of Learners	Average Reading Gain	Average Spelling Gain	Verbal Reasoning Gain	Non-Verbal Reasoning
Year 6	9	17 mths	10 mths	24 mths	15 mths
Year 5	10	12 mths	13 mths	26 mths	27 mths
Year 4	10	11 mths	14 mths	22 mths	18 mths
Year 3	6	NA	15 mths	16 mths	17 mths
Year 2	7	NA	14 mths	13 mths	12 mths
All	42	13 mths	13 mths	21 mths	18 mths

Whangaparoa Primary School

Two terms – 20 weeks’ tuition. 4 x 40 minutes per week

Criteria for inclusion on the trial: Lowest achievers in each year group, limited to children scoring below the 20th percentile for all aspects. Pre- and Post-Testing was done using the Lucid Range of assessment software.