Goodbye Janet, Goodbye John In Britain's recent national reading tests, more than a quarter of all 7-year-olds failed to meet the minimum standard.
Reading Recovery, a new teaching method pioneered in New Zealand, is about to be introduced in selected British schools. It is claimed that this scheme takes, at most, 20 weeks to bring the lowest performers up to the average and keep them there. It has already scored a success in the United States, Australia and Canada. The scheme's creator, Dame Marie Clay , talks about why British schools are failing. Producers David Dawson-Pick . James Reed Executive producer Jenny Stevens