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Lexia Learning Systems
www.lexialearning.com
Evidence of Effectiveness:
Texas - Tornillo Elementary School
In the Spring of 1996, Tornillo Elementary School was ranked around the 15th percentile in the state of Texas based on the scores of its students on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS). Lexia's Phonics Based Reading (PBR) and Reading Plus were installed in April 1996. Every student in grades 1-5 was required to use the PBR software for at least 30 minutes a day staring in the 1996-97 school year. Once a student finished all three levels of PBR, they were required to begin using the Reading Plus software. The school made no other changes during the 1996-97 school year in staff or curriculum other than the software implementation. By the Spring of 1997, the school was ranked above the 75th percentile.
TAAS Results - Tornillo Elementary School
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Students |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
CHG: 96-97 |
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All Students |
47.4% |
45.3% |
53.0% |
75.0% |
+41.5% |
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African Amer. |
- |
0.0% |
65.7% |
- |
- |
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Hispanic |
45.2% |
45.1% |
51.8% |
73.5% |
+41.9% |
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White |
- |
100.0% |
100.0% |
- |
- |
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Econ. Disadvan. |
47.4% |
44.6% |
50.0% |
76.6% |
+53.2% |
San Francisco - Marshall Elementary School
During the 1996-97 school years, thirty-one 4th and 5th grade students from Marshall Elementary School participated in Lexia's accelerated learning instruction for seven months. Pre-and post-testing showed average gains in reading skills as follows:
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Skill Category |
Average Gain |
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Basic Word Skills |
1.3 g.l.e. (grade level equivalent) |
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Reading Comprehension |
1.4 g.l.e. |
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Oral Vocabulary |
2.5 g.l.e. |
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Spelling and Syntax |
0.5 g.l.e |
The normal gain for seven months of school would be 0.8 g.l.e
Pre-Test and Post-Test Scores for the 4th grade and 5th grade.
Program Description:
Assessment - Instruction - Practice - Reassessment: the cycle through which children and adults are taught to read. Lexia Learning Systems software supports every step in the learning cycle, making each one quicker and more effective by letting the computer take on the repetitive tasks of generating assessment reports, providing correct speech examples, guiding the student through each exercise and correcting student work in real time. The teacher is left to focus on the essential tasks of instruction and management of the learning process.
· Lexia's assessment software identifies students' reading strengths and weaknesses in detail, providing reports teachers can use to focus instruction on just the skills that need it.
· Lexia's reading skills development software provides interactive exercises for students to learn from, and tracks their progress to automatically provide just the material that they are ready for and to report on their progress to teachers.
Students learn to read faster and more effectively when the structure of their language is presented to them. Lexia's interactive software incorporates the structure of the Orton Gillingham system, a robust, proven approach to teaching reading with a track record of over 50 years of success. Students learn reading skills in sequence, logically building an understanding while gaining fluency and preparing for the next skill.
Lexia's software is designed to provide the essential first elements of any effective reading program: Phonemic awareness, sound symbol correspondence, and basic decoding skills. The program is an instructional support system, rather than a complete curriculum. Lexia has been use with most of the major reading systems.
Aspects of Reading
This program addresses the following aspects of reading:
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Correlation to Nevada State Standards
Completed - On File.
Teacher Support:
Teacher training focuses on:
· Basic Product Operation
· Curriculum Integration
· Report Interpretation
Teacher guides are included with all Lexia products.