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Central Region

Efficacy Studies

• High School Meta Study - Examining the Effectiveness of the Academy of READING for Striving Readers »
  In this meta study, we reviewed training data from a large cross-section of high schools in the U.S., encompassing diverse regions, program implementations, demographics and age groups. The results show that students using the Academy of READING achieved significant gains in reading proficiency. (View PDF, 190K)

Case Studies

• Claughton Middle School, Houston, TX »
  Two years ago, despite many progressive student support initiatives, Claughton's TELPAS score dipped to a bare pass at 53%. After researching various alternative intervention methods Delic Loyde, Principal of Claughton Middle School, quickly settled on AutoSkill's Academy of READING and Academy of MATH. (View PDF, 59K)
• Ladue High School, Saint Louis, MO »
  Every student that passes through Joanne Curran’s classroom struggles with some aspect of reading — fluency, vocabulary, comprehension or any of a number of important components.
  Consequently, every child she works with reads far more slowly than age-level expectations. An important addition to Ladue’s curriculum offers each of these students the opportunity to turn
  all that around — AutoSkill’s Academy of READING. (View PDF, 51K)

Success Stories

• Monroe Elementary School, Saint Louis, MO »
  Principal Gerry Arbini implemented the Academy of READING at Monroe Elementary in the fall of 2002. By the spring of 2003, when the annual Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) tests were administered, it was clear that the program was making a difference.
• Gateway Middle School, St. Louis, MO »
  Gateway Middle School is one of several schools in St. Louis to have adopted the Academy of READING. Rebecca Kettenacker sees on a daily basis the impact the Academy of READING has on her ESL students.
• Jefferson Davis High School, Houston, TX »
  When a third of its sixth-grade students failed a state reading test, Houston Independent School District implemented an ambitious reading program, one that focused on a balanced approach, emphasizing the fundamentals. The Academy of READING has become an important part of that program.