$1.2 million grant for research on reading comprehension</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="$1.2 million grant for research on reading comprehension"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="$1,2,million,grant,for,research,on,reading,comprehension"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">08-04-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>$1.2 million grant for research on reading comprehension</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_yUFwp1OkFUqwQrWr5LWL_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Massachusetts, USA (BU Bridge): According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 37 percent of 4th graders and a quarter of 8th and 12th graders can’t read at the basic level. <br>Seeking to better understand the reasons behind such dire numbers, the U.S. Department of Education is expected soon to award Waters a four-year, $1.2 million grant to conduct research on the reading comprehension problems of students in grades 7 through 10. The award was announced on March 23 by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.). <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.bu.edu/bridge/archive/2005/04-08/waters.html " target="blank">www.bu.edu/bridge/archive/2005/04-08/waters.html </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show