Struggling K–5 Students Close Reading Gaps and On-Level Students Thrive Using Lexia Reading Core5
December 20 2017 - 9:15AM
To prepare young students for the “read to learn” phase of their
academic careers, more than 12,000 schools across the U.S.
currently implement Lexia Reading Core5®, serving over 3.2 million
students. A recent end-of-year gains analysis for the school
year 2016/17 consisting of more than 700,000 K–5 students, found
that for those who used the program with fidelity:
- Over half of students (53 percent) who started Core5 working on
skills two or more grades below their grade level ended the school
year working on skills in their grade level or reached their
end-of-year, grade-level benchmark in Core5. Among these students,
65 percent gained two or more grade levels of skills in one
year.
- The majority of students (87 percent) classified as working on
grade level at the beginning of the year reached or exceeded their
end-of-year, grade-level benchmark—including 17% who advanced to
complete the next grade’s end-of-year benchmark in Core5.
- More than half of students (52 percent) who started Core5
working on skills one grade below their grade level closed the gap
and reached their end-of-year, grade-level benchmark in Core5.
Another 44 percent made meaningful progress, ending the school year
working on grade-level skills in Core5.
“I saw Core5 enable a third-grade student to progress from
reading at a pre-primer level to a third-grade level in a matter of
months,” stated Alex O’Dell, the principal of Mary Walter
Elementary School in Bealeton, VA. The school had begun using Core5
during the 2015/16 school year in order to help struggling students
close literacy skill gaps and accelerate learning for their ESL
(English as a Second Language) students. The program was not
confined to that specific subpopulation for long. “I made the
decision to purchase a Core5 site license and to use it
school-wide,” said O’Dell.
Mary Walter Elementary students come from diverse backgrounds
that affect literacy skill development: 54 percent of students are
economically disadvantaged, 26 percent of students are ESL and
15-20 percent of the students in mainstream classes require special
education. By May 2017, the percentage of K-5 students working in
or above grade level in Core5 increased substantially – from 40
percent to 99 percent – in less than one school year.
O’Dell especially appreciates the program’s ability to expose
students’ emerging and existing skill gaps. He stated, “Core5 helps
our students build foundational literacy skills, identifies skill
gaps as they emerge and provides my teachers the instructional
materials to address those gaps. The real-time performance data in
Core5 enable our teachers and administrators to monitor student
progress on an ongoing basis. It’s an all-in-one stellar package
that seamlessly integrates into the classroom and has been truly
effective for us.”
Lexia Reading Core5, a Rosetta Stone (NYSE: RST) Company, is a
research-proven, technology-based program that accelerates the
development of fundamental literacy skills for students of all
abilities in grades pre-K-5. Following a rigorous scope and
sequence built for college and career ready standards, Core5
provides explicit, systematic instruction through personalized
learning paths in six areas of reading. Core5 seamlessly adapts
based on student performance, targeting skill gaps as they emerge
and equipping teachers with the data and instructional resources
they need to personalize instruction for every student. Embedded
assessment technology predicts students’ year-end performance and
provides ongoing norm-referenced and actionable data to help
teachers prioritize and plan instruction with the offline
instructional materials.
About Lexia LearningLexia Learning, a division of Rosetta
Stone, empowers educators through adaptive assessment and
personalized instruction. For more than 30 years, the company has
been on the leading edge of research and product development as it
relates to student reading skills. With a robust offering that
includes solutions for differentiated instruction, personalized
learning, and assessment, Lexia Learning provides educators with
the tools to intensify and accelerate literacy skills development
for students of all abilities. For more information, visit
www.lexialearning.com.
About Rosetta StoneRosetta Stone Inc. (NYSE: RST) is
dedicated to changing people’s lives through the power of language
and literacy education. The company’s innovative digital solutions
drive positive learning outcomes for the inspired learner at home
or in schools and workplaces around the world. Founded in 1992,
Rosetta Stone’s language division uses cloud-based solutions to
help all types of learners read, write, and speak more than 30
languages. Lexia Learning, Rosetta Stone's literacy education
division, was founded more than 30 years ago and is a leader in the
literacy education space. Today, Lexia helps students build
fundamental reading skills through its rigorously researched,
independently evaluated, and widely respected instruction and
assessment programs. For more information, visit
www.rosettastone.com. “Rosetta Stone” is a registered trademark or
trademark of Rosetta Stone Ltd. in the United States and other
countries.
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