My son read a book and wrote a paper by himself —
something I never thought he would ever be able to do.

My name is Tammy Hughes, and I am the Chair for the Accelerated Reader program.

After 6 long years of watching my son, Matt, struggle with reading, spelling and writing, I finally found a program that works for him. The result have been simply OUTSTANDING.

Matt is 12 years old and in 6th grade.

He has had an IEP since 2nd grade.
His progress was at snail’s pace at best.
His teachers and staff tried everything they could to help him.
As parents, we spent thousands of dollars on private tutoring and anything else we thought would help him.

Yet when he graduated from 5th grade, he could only read at the 2nd grade reading level.
He would guess at every single word when he would try to read.
He could only put very simple words three-letter words to paper.
He couldn’t even write a simple sentence.
But he could comprehend at or above grade level, if the material was read to him.
He completely understood the curriculum as long as he doesn’t have read it.
All his teachers said he was an incredibly hard worker.

I have been using the Barton Reading and Spelling System for the last 6 months.
The difference is night and day!
He can write simple sentences and paragraphs now, with capitalization and punctuation.
He can read without guessing. He knows how to sound out words.
For the first time in his life, Matt wrote a book report for school, with absolutely no help from me.
When he brought it home and showed it to me, I actually cried.

My son read a book and wrote a paper by himself — something I never thought he would ever be able to do.