Wordplay at Wilmington Middle School

Previous Entry | Next Entry
| | Comments (0) |

UCLA student, Narbonne High graduate and Lomita resident Michael Bailey had a novel idea: print vocabulary words on P.E. T-shirts to improve test scores at Wilmington Middle School. Bailey followed up on a theory, fostered by a UCLA communications course, that people's brains latch onto "visual cues" to process information. And he applied it to the words LAUSD students often see on standardized tests, words such as "define" and "analyze."

Bailey chose the school because his mom once worked in the attendance office.

Read Paul's story for more.


Leave a comment


Type the characters you see in the picture above.

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by Paul Clinton published on December 3, 2007 11:32 AM.

MB middle school installs new screening system was the previous entry in this blog.

Tracking ninth-graders at Banning High is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.

Powered by Movable Type 4.25