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Elementary School Implementations

Efficacy Studies

• Great Falls Public Schools, MT »
  During the 2006/2007 school year the AutoSkill Academy of MATH® intervention software program was actively used at 16 schools in the Great Falls Public Schools District. The program was targeted mainly towards students that were having difficulty with their math skills. (View PDF, 147K)
• Evergreen Elementary School, WI »
  The goal of this project was to evaluate the efficacy of the Academy of READING and Academy of MATH with struggling students in third through fifth grade. Gains were examined on the AutoSkill Placement tests and Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) standardized test. (View PDF, 76K)
• Sweetwater Elementary School, Sweetwater, TN »
  Students in the 3rd grade at Sweetwater Elementary School participated in an evaluation of the Academy of READING intervention program. Prior to training on the Academy of READING, only 4% of students scored at or above the third grade level on the STAR Reading Test. Following training, 50% of students scored at or above their grade level and 2% of students scored at or above the fourth grade level. (View PDF, 157K)
• W.B. Goodwin Elementary School, North Charleston, SC »
  During the 2003-2004 school year at W.B. Goodwin Elementary School, 433 students, in grades 1 through 6, participated in an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Academy of READING intervention program. Results, based on a comparison of pre- and post-training CPRT scores, showed that students achieved 1.5 grade levels gains in their reading proficiency after an average of 4.4 hours of focused training. (View PDF, 145K)

Case Studies

• Freedom Elementary School, Lima, OH »
  In 2004, Freedom Elementary adopted the Ohio Integrated Systems Model for Academic and Behavior Supports (OISM), a comprehensive school-wide prevention and intervention model that provides support systems which address both academic and behavioral needs of all students. Any school adopting OISM scrutinizes student performance data on a regular basis to guide decisions related to any potential intervention. (View PDF, 42K)
• Janesville School District, Janesville, WI »
  Identifying struggling students is rarely a problem for educators — most have at least a mental list of kids who are unfortunately falling behind. Identifying what the best course of action for those students is where the challenge is often found. For the School District of Janesville, that prescribed action included the intervention solutions Academy of READING® and Academy of MATH®. (View PDF, 55K)
• LEARN Charter School, Chicago, IL »
  Courtney Francis, Head of LEARN Charter School, knows that education builds upon a strong foundation in reading and math skills, but she wasn’t convinced that technology could be the
  instrument to aid in strengthening those skills. The literacy intervention software programs Academy of READING and Academy of MATH made her a believer. (PDF, 284K)
• Sebeka School District, Sebeka, MN »
  Like many schools across Minnesota, educators at the Sebeka School District were faced with an important decision — how best to utilize funds available from the Minnesota Microsoft settlement.
  Many software intervention solutions were investigated and considered. Based on first-year results, Superintendent Dave Fjeldheim is certainly convinced they made the correct decision
  in adding AutoSkill's Academy of READING® and Academy of MATH® to their curriculum. (View PDF, 56K)
• Shilohview Elementary School, Dayton, OH »
  Shilohview was in dire need of a reading intervention solution that would produce immediate and measurable academic gains for a large population of at-risk students. After implementing the Academy of READING, Shilohview Elementary School saw that some of their students, who normally don't progress at benchmark rates for DIBELS testing, were performing as much as 30% beyond their expectations. (View PDF, 68K)
• St. Ferdinand Parish, Chicago, IL »
  Chicago-based school principal Dr. Lucine Mastalerz knew that her dedicated teaching staff would need to see results first before embracing any technology-based solution. She implemented a progressive strategy that eased the Academy of MATH into the curriculum. She began a pilot program working with a resource teacher and 25 grade 4 math students. (View PDF, 68K)

Success Stories

• Monroe Elementary School, Monroe, GA »
  Monroe Elementary is a rural school that has much in common with its inner-city counterparts: a diverse student population; a high proportion of children from underprivileged homes; and a great many students facing academic challenges in the core subjects of reading and math. But now teachers at Monroe have a new tool at their disposal: the Academy of READING.  And it's having a powerful impact on learners' performance—inspiring staff, students and parents alike.
• Scott County School District #2, Scottsburg, IN »
  Administrators at Scott County decided that they needed to find a solution to help their students who were falling behind in reading that offered concrete, measurable gains in both classroom performance and statewide testing. The answer was an innovative two-part solution that combined the district's own "Minds in Motion" pre-reading readiness program with the Academy of READING.
• 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.
• Chambersburg School District, Chambersburg, PA »
  The Academy of READING made such a strong first impression at Chambersburg Area School District that teachers and administrators were calling for a district-wide rollout of the software within months of its initial implementation.
• Andrew Jackson Elementary School, Kingsport, TN »
  Linda Carter of Andrew Jackson Elementary School describes how her students' self-confidence and self-esteem have increased after students improved their reading abilities using the Academy of READING.