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After Reading Assistant use, students improve reading level 50% beyond expected gains
School Years: 2010-2011
Number of Students: 2,148 students
Number of Schools: 136 schools
Grade Levels: 1st-12th grade
The study participants began the school year with an average grade level of 4.5. After using Reading Assistant Expanded Edition software, the students made statistically significant gains in their normal curve equivalent scores on RPI (t(2147) = 28.1; p < 0.01). The group average improved from the 22nd percentile to the 37th percentile, and from a reading level of 3.4 to 4.3.
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84% of West Jefferson Hills Students Increase Reading Proficiency Level after Fast ForWord and Reading Assistant Participation
School District: West Jefferson Hills School District, PA
School Structure: Suburban
Grade Level: Middle School
Prior to using the products, all 31 students were performing at either the Below Basic or Basic level with none of the students in the Proficient or Advanced level. However, after product use, 84% of students moved up one or more levels. Of the 31 students, 21 reached either Proficient or Advanced. On average, this group of students also showed statistically significant gains in their scaled scores, improving from 1128 to 1328.
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Dallas Students Move from 15th to31st Percentile in Reading Fluency
School District: Dallas Independent School District, TX
School Structure: Urban
Grade Level: Secondary
Prior to product use, the study group was slightly below the average range. Six weeks later, after using a combination of Reading Assistant and Fast ForWord products, the group had risen well into the average range. The students’ improvements were statistically significant, with comparable gains across the measures of sight word reading and decoding skills. Average word reading fluency scores for the group moved from a standard score of 84.7 to 92.6 which corresponds to moving from the 15th to the 31st percentile.
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One-half Year Increase in Reading After a One-month Summer Program Using Reading Assistant
School District: The Marion County Schools, WV
School Structure: Rural
Grade Level: 5th Grade
After one month of Reading Assistant use, these students made significant gains on the SRI. On average, their Lexile scores improved by 68 points. Average students at the 4th to 5th grade level typically gain between 100 and 120 Lexile points in a year. In this one month summer program, participants gained more than half a year in reading comprehension, on average.
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Bridges Academy Students Exceed Expected Gains in Reading Skills
School: Bridges Academy, FL
School Structure: Suburban
Grade Level: 2nd - 10th Grade
Seventeen study participants took the Word Identification, Word Attack, and Passage Comprehension subtests of the WRMT-R before and after a period of using Fast ForWord and Reading Assistant products. On average, they showed significant improvements in reading skills, with similar gains across all three subtests. In an average of three months, the students improved their grade equivalent scores by an average of one year and three months on the Basic Skills Composite, which combines the Word Identification and Word Attack subtests.
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Students Show Reading Fluency Gains After Guided Reading Practice with Reading Assistant
School District: Framingham Public Schools, MA
School Structure: Suburban
Grade Level: 2nd - 5th Grade
On average, students who used the Reading Assistant made significantly greater gains in words correct per minute (WCPM) than students who received their standard reading curriculum alone. In addition, the Reading Assistant group exceeded expectations for fluency gains based on Edformation’s normative data. The advantage for the Reading Assistant group was consistent across the four grade levels.
