Indigenous reading program working: educator
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Educators in the Northern Territory say a program designed to improve low literacy levels among Indigenous students is working.
More than 70 schools across the Territory are using the Accelerated Literacy Program.
Authorities hope it will be introduced to another 30 schools by the end of the year.
Jannette McCormack was among more than 100 Indigenous teachers at an education forum in Darwin today.
She said the program is helping students learn to read and write.
"Because I go out in the field and I'm doing some of those assessments, after a year of when they've been in the program and come back and see the changes it's really exciting to see because you can see those little moves," Ms MsCormack said.
"You can see a kid actually decoding and reading who was a non-reader before."
