How do the Fast ForWord® and Reading Assistant™ Products fit with the Race to the Top Fund?
Race to the Top States
Education innovation and reform
Based on over 30 years of innovative scientific research into the way the brain learns, Scientific Learning products help spur on reform by getting at the root cause of many learning problems and effecting change in the way students assimilate, process, and remember information, thereby enabling students to be ready to learn the curriculum their instructors are teaching them.
Turning around our lowest-achieving schools
Scientific Learning’s products have been shown to be proven intervention strategies for many schools, including those that are the lowest performing. By developing basic cognitive, language, and reading skills fundamental to all learning, Scientific Learning’s software enables students to increase their achievement across the curriculum, moving schools out of the low-achieving category.
Making substantial gains in student achievement
Scientific Learning accelerates learning by applying proven research on how the brain learns. The Scientific Learning website has over 200 school based effectiveness and case reports documenting the substantial gains in achievement made by students after using the Fast ForWord and Reading Assistant products. Learners can realize achievement gains of 1 - 2 years in as little as 8 - 12 weeks and maintain an accelerated rate of learning even after the programs end.
Closing achievement gaps
Scientific Learning’s educational software products have been proven to help close achievement gaps between students. For instance, after using the Fast ForWord products the students at Dallas Independent School District in Texas made significant improvements in their TAKS scores. The Fast ForWord participants initially had an achievement gap of approximately 200 points. After participation, the average decrease in the gap for the 544 students was 25%.
Improving high school graduation rates
Scientific Learning’s products have helped struggling high school students graduate, like a group of struggling high school students in Lafourche Parish Public Schools in Louisiana who had failed the Graduate Exit Exam. These students used the Fast ForWord products before retaking the exam and, on average, made significant gains on the English Language Arts section of the GEE, improving their scores 39 points.
Ensuring student preparation for success in college and careers
Many students lack the cognitive skills necessary to take full advantage of the curriculum offered them. The Fast ForWord and Reading Assistant products supply students with these necessary cognitive skills so that their brains are ready to learn. With these foundational, requisite cognitive, oral language, and reading skills, students will be able to effectively assimilate their academic curriculum and be adequately prepared for success in college and career.
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