My daughter is in third grade. She started the Barton System in June and is now on Level 3, Lesson 8. She has gone from reading at a 2.3 AR (Accelerated Reader) at the beginning of the year (just 7 weeks ago) to a 6.3 AR level at the end of last week. My daughter wants me to laminate her latest report because she is soooooo proud.

Because I have seen such great success, and I truly believe in this program, I’m making small steps in the direction of educating others. I met with the principal today to talk about holding an in-service day on dyslexia and starting a support group for parents. I had some of my daughter’s reading scores, writing samples, and grades from this quarter with me — and the principal was impressed by her growth.

She said they are always looking for new resources to use, and that what I’m doing is in the direction that the school would like to take. She was very interested in learning more about the Barton Reading & Spelling System, as long as it was scientifically based — which I assured her it was.