ISSN: 2782-893X
eISSN: 2799-0664
ISSN: 2782- 893X
— When children were struggling readers, those struggles can persist and lead to the learners being labeled as learning disabled. When providing interventions, teachers were able to catch struggling readers early. And it is in this premise that this study was conducted to determine the extent of the implementation of school reading programs and how it affects the academic performance of the learners in English. Employing a descriptive-correlational research design, a survey in assessing the extent of implementation of school reading program used by Metro (2019) in her study. This survey was used to determine the extent of implementation of school reading program in terms of objectives, instructional strategies, assessment techniques, intervention activities and monitoring and evaluation and the researcher collected the 3rd quarter academic performance of the learners in English. Based on the data presented, it was revealed that there is a strong significant relationship between the extent of implementation on the school reading program in terms of objective, instructional strategies, assessment techniques, intervention activities, monitoring and evaluation and academic performance of the learners in English. Achieving a very high extent on the school reading program implemented has helped in attaining a very satisfactory academic performance of the learners in English. Thus, it is important for the school to initiate in the crafting, conduct and implement school reading program to help the institution in making a positive and improved performance. Keywords — Implementation, School Reading Programs, Performance, Elementary Learners, English