Literacy & Our Solution

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Literacy is a serious problem

facing the United States.

• 37% of 4th graders & 27% of 8th graders cannot read at the basic level.

(National Assessment of Education Progress, The Nation’s Report Card: Reading 2011)

• In low-income urban areas, up to 70% of all students read below grade level.

(G. Reid Lyon, PhD, International Dyslexia Association Quarterly Periodical, Perspectives, 29:3, 2003.

Nation’s Report Card, 2011, www.nationsreportcard.gov

Student: LRS, grade 3 - 4 Reading Comprehension

Content Scores No. correct / no. questions

No. correct / no. questions

2009 2010

Literary 10 / 18 16 / 18

Informational 9 / 18 15 / 18

Functional 7 / 18 17 / 18

Initial Understanding 6 / 12 11 / 12

Interpretation 8 / 20 18 / 20

Critical Analysis 7 / 12 10 / 12

Strategies 5 / 10 9 /10

Subject Scores National Percentile Rank

FCAT Score FCAT Level

2009 27 820 12010 89 1434 3

Results indicate that students using MaxScholar software* for 40 or more hours

o made significantly greater gains on FCAT than students who did not participate in the program (46 students) (2012 – 2013)• 67% improved (average of 1.1 FCAT levels)• 11% regressed (average of 1.07 FCAT levels)• 23% showed no change• Students with Level 2, 64% improved to Level 3• Students with Level 1, 72% improved to Level 2

o included positive results for various subpopulations often considered at risk for reading difficulties (all students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch)• African-American• Latino-American• Haitian-America• English Language Learner• Special education• Learning disabled

*MaxScholar software includes MaxReading, MaxVocab, & MaxMusic

Year # of Students

% completing

program

% making learning

gains

Average % gain

2008 – 2009 282 99% 82%1 38%

2009 – 2010 323 99% 92%2 60%

2010 – 2011 462 98% 91%2 44%

2011 - 2012 423 98% 80%3 39%

Average

45%

Results obtained using the MaxScholar Software for students attending Miami-Dade County Public Schools

who were provided 20 hours of tutoring.

(All students attended Title 1 Schools and qualified for free or reduced-price lunch.)

1District Administered Interim Tests2Comprehensive Assessment of Reading Strategies (CARS)3SAT-10, administered by District

Grade # of Students

Hours of Tutoring using

MaxScholar software

% making learning

gains

% making >15%

learning gains

Average

% gain over

baseline

5th 99 22 90%* 56%* 63%

5th** 116 0 15%* 5%* 11%

Results obtained using the MaxScholar software for students in the “I Have a Dream Foundation” program

2012 - 2013

*District Administered Interim Tests**Did not use the software

Grade # of Students

Hours of Tutoring using

MaxScholar

% making learning

gains

% making >15%

learning gains

Average

% gain over

baseline

5th (SED) 121 30 100%* 46%* 52%

5th** (SED) 116 0 15%* 5%* 3%

Results obtained using the MaxScholar software for students at a Miami-Dade County Public School, “DL K8 School”

2012 - 2013

*District Administered Interim Tests**Did not use the software

Results obtained using the MaxScholar software for at risk students attending a Miami-Dade County Public School (SIBK8)

2012 - 2013

*District Administered Interim Tests**Did not use the software

Grade # of Students

Hours of Tutoring using

MaxScholar

% making learning

gains

% making >15%

learning gains

Average

% gain over

baseline

3rd 36 19 69% 56%* 48%

4th 40 18 75% 33%* 60%

5th** 36 0 58% 16%* 4%

Results obtained using MaxScholar softwarestudents with specific learning disabilities

P.S. 75 Emily Dickinson School New York, NY 2013 - 2014

Grade # of students

Hours of Tutoring using

MaxScholar

% showing learning gains*

% making 2 or more levels

of improvement

Average gain over baseline

4th 25 62 92% 66% 4.65th 25 62 92% 59% 4.7

*Results using Running Record exam

Results obtained using MaxScholar softwarestudents with specific learning disabilities

P.S. 163 Alfred E. Smith School New York, NY 2013 - 2014

Grade # of students

Hours of Tutoring

using MaxScholar

% showing learning gains*

% making 2 or more levels

of improvement

Average gain over baseline

5th 65 26 94% 86% 5.72Control 5th

(no MaxScholar)65 None 45% 11% 1.07

*Results using Running Record exam

Results obtained using the MaxScholar software for students attending Levy Learning Center*

2009 - 2014

*Levy Learning Center is a private learning center for special education students. (These include students with Dyslexia, Specific Learning Disabilities, ADHD, CAPD, ASD)(55% Caucasian, 28% African-American, 17% Latino-American)

**GORT-4 or WRAT4

Grade

# of Students

Hours of Tutoring

using MaxScholar

% making learning gains**

% making >15%

learning gains**

Average Grade level

improvement**

K - 1 201 36 100% 100% 1gr, 1 mon

2 - 5 644 36 100% 100% 2 gr, 2 mon

6 - 8 762 36 100% 100% 2 gr, 8 mon

9 - 12 388 36 100% 100% 3 gr, 5 mon

Results of 110 K Students who Received Decoding Instruction (MaxPhonics) Orton-Gillingham

Word Recognition0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

2

PrePosttest

Results of 644 Students (grades 2 -5)who used MaxScholar software

Phonemic Awareness Letter Recognition0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

PretestPosttest

Average beginning level of all students = 1.8Average ending level of all students = 3.5

Average beginning level of all students = 0.9Average ending level of all students = 3.2

Results of 218 Students (pre-K)who used MaxScholar Pre-K Phonics software

Phonemic Awareness Letter Recognition0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

PretestPosttest

%