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Reading Excellence and Discovery Foundation, Inc. (abbreviated READ) is a non-profit charitable organization in the United States, founded in 1999<ref name"READ"/> by Al Sikes and Alain Lebec.<ref name"Wolfer2005"/> The program was first conducted at two parochial schools in 2000.<ref name"READ"/> The READ foundation was created in light of the high proportion of children in New York City from low-income households who, at that time, read below grade level. READ benefits kindergarten and first-grade students at risk of reading below grade level. The average session is forty-five minutes of phonics and fluency, conducted by middle through high-school students.<ref name"GF"/>
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