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Northeast Region

Efficacy Studies

• DC Public Schools »
  Students had the opportunity to train on the Academy of READING during the summer school session that was held during the months of July and August 2004. A total of 227 students from grades 3-8 participated in the program, which was implemented at eight schools in the district.
• Faust Junior High School, Chambersburg, PA »
  The effectiveness of the Academy of READING in promoting reading skills was examined in a group of 8th grade students at Faust Junior High School. Students participating in the study had been identified as having at least two years of reading delayed problems. After 11.5 hours of time on task on the Academy of READING, these students showed statistically significant gains of 2.4 grade levels on the Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test. (View PDF, 105K)
• 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)
• Independence Middle School, Bethel Park, PA »
  In less than one school year, a group of 93 regular and special education students training on the Academy of READING demonstrated substantive average gains of 2.5 grade levels on the Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test.  Prior to training, only 14.4% of students scored at or above their grade level on the SDRT. Following training, 54.4% of students scored at or above their grade level on the test. (View PDF, 144K)

Case Studies

• Brownsville Area School District, Brownsville, PA »
  In 2003 all five Brownsville Area schools failed to meet the minimum standards established by the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) and all schools fell into the red and required 'school improvement'. "The PSSA forced us to look at how we were instructing our students. We needed to formulate very clear goals and forge a long term plan that would help us to level the playing field," says Dr. Harry Miale, Assistant to the Superintendent. (View PDF, 463K)
• 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)
• Independence Middle School, Bethel Park, PA »
  Like many schools, Independence Middle School had a population of “at-risk” students that school educators could not help using standard, time intensive remedial efforts. These students achieved 39% or less on the TerraNova test or were deemed Basic or Below Basic on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA). Two reading specialists, Kimberly Pepper and Sonja Kubinec, were fiercely determined to find a new way to help these students. (View PDF, 421K)
• 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)

Success Stories

• Caverna School District, Cave City, KY »
  Diagnostic capability is one reason why educators at the Caverna Independent School District chose the Academy of READING as their primary reading intervention. Another is the program's solid track record for producing better, stronger readers, and, according to one four grade teacher, better writers too.
• Southbridge, MA »
  Educators in Southbridge, MA, recognize that their small community is not immune to some of the challenges associated with larger cities. Through the Academy of READING teachers have helped their students overcome some powerful educational obstacles and achieve impressive success.
• 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.