Project Drive, a program developed by UAB's Civitan International Research Center, is helping people with low reading skills prepare to take the learner's license exam.
"The state's driving manual is written on approximately a tenth-grade reading level," says Robin Lanzi, Ph.D., program director. "We modified the manual to approximately a second- to third-grade reading level and developed a curriculum to accompany the manual." Although designed specifically for special education students, the manual is available to all people with low reading skills. "While the manual is different, the learner's license test is the same. We did not seek any special accommodations for students." A pilot study yielded a 77 percent pass rate.
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