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N. Ky. schools boosting literacy

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INDEPENDENCE, Ky. (AP) -- Reading intervention programs are boosting literacy rates for students across northern Kentucky.

Schools are using programs like Read 180, Fast ForWord and Voyager Learning to help meet new state assessment and accountability measures that were place into place this year.

The Kentucky Enquirer reports that 16-year-old Lacy Dalton went from a first grade reading level to a seventh grade level after just one year of using Read 180. Dalton says now that she knows how to read, she loves it.

The Northern Kentucky Education Council says the number of third-graders proficient in reading rose from 77 percent in 2008-09 to 82 percent in 2010-11.

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