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Questions for those looking to receive grants for the study of spelling and/or its relationship to literacy.

$100.00 will be given to anyone who knows of a single grant-giving entity (from large foundations such as the C.S. Mott, Ford, Bill Cosby and Bill Gates or corporate givers such as Coors or Walmart, whose giving parameters would include (rather than exclude) any of the following?

1. A baseline study of spelling using 8-10,000 words to determine what percentage of students from grades 1 through grade 12 can spell each word.

2. A longitudinal study of the effectiveness of intervention techniques including those of AVKO's as compared to traditional methods.

3. A longitudinal study of the effectiveness of AVKO's sequential spelling approach used in conjunction with major textbook approaches.

4. A longitudinal study of the effectiveness of AVKO's dictation approach to teaching the proper spelling of speech patterns to eliminate the "phonetic" spellings of "usta" for used to; "sposta" for supposed to; "should of" for should have (or should've); "whudja" for what did you," etc.

AVKO has for years been searching for any grant-giving organization (even governmental!) that does not automatically eliminate the four above studies from consideration for funding because these studies would not fit within their parameters for giving. Again, AVKO is willing to pay a finder's fee of $100.00 to anyone who can name an organization whose giving parameters would not automatically exclude these studies.