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Boosting Middle School Literacy: How Readable English is Making a Difference in the Classroom

 

A recent peer-reviewed study shows Readable English significantly boosts reading fluency and comprehension for struggling middle school students.

 

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Boosting Middle School Literacy: How Readable English is Making a Difference in the Classroom

 

A recent peer-reviewed study shows Readable English significantly boosts reading fluency and comprehension for struggling middle school students.

 

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Research & Results

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Peer-Reviewed Studies


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Elementary School

Using Readable English Leads to Reading Gains for Rural Elementary Students: An Experimental Study.

Published in: PLOS One, 06 Jan 2023

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Middle School

Righting Reading in Middle School: Readable English Helps Under performing Adolescent Readers.

Published in: Journal of Education for Students Placed At-Risk (JESPAR), 07 Jun 2023

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High School

Reading on the Ropes: A Pilot Study of an Accelerated Remediation Program with Alternative High School Students.

Published in: Language Arts Journal of Michigan, 2023

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Readable English Results

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Birmingham Charter High School

Readable English transformed literacy at Birmingham Charter, boosting proficiency, engagement, and classroom culture. Within weeks, students saw significant Lexile gains, with one-third of English Learners reclassified as English Fluent.

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Templeton Elementary School

Templeton Elementary used Readable English to accelerate literacy gains, leading to increased reading proficiency and student confidence. Over two years, struggling readers achieved significant Lexile growth, closing learning gaps and improving overall academic performance. 

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Maple Crest STEM Middle School

Implementing Readable English helped students exceed their growth targets on the i-Ready assessment. During the second year using the program, Maple Crest STEM Middle School achieved the highest reading growth in its district in Indiana.

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Templeton Elementary School

Achievements

  • 100% pass rate on the IREAD test for Tier 3 students

  • 1.5 times greater growth on Exact Path Scaled Scores

Population

  • Tier 3 students, in grades 3 and 4

The Story

After remarkable success with Tier 3 students in 2018/2019, the school expanded the use of Readable English. They experienced continued growth, in school year 2019/2020 and students who used Readable English scored more than 1.5 times Exact Path Scaled Score growth than their peers who did not use the program.

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Templeton Elementary School

Achievements

100% pass rate on the IREAD test for Tier 3 students
1.5 times greater growth on Exact Path Scaled Scores
Population

Tier 3 students, in grades 3 and 4
The Story

After remarkable success with Tier 3 students in 2018/2019, the school expanded the use of Readable English. They experienced continued growth, in school year 2019/2020 and students who used Readable English scored more than 1.5 times Exact Path Scaled Score growth than their peers who did not use the program.

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Templeton Elementary School

Achievements

100% pass rate on the IREAD test for Tier 3 students
1.5 times greater growth on Exact Path Scaled Scores
Population

Tier 3 students, in grades 3 and 4
The Story

After remarkable success with Tier 3 students in 2018/2019, the school expanded the use of Readable English. They experienced continued growth, in school year 2019/2020 and students who used Readable English scored more than 1.5 times Exact Path Scaled Score growth than their peers who did not use the program.

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Templeton Elementary School

Achievements

100% pass rate on the IREAD test for Tier 3 students
1.5 times greater growth on Exact Path Scaled Scores
Population

Tier 3 students, in grades 3 and 4
The Story

After remarkable success with Tier 3 students in 2018/2019, the school expanded the use of Readable English. They experienced continued growth, in school year 2019/2020 and students who used Readable English scored more than 1.5 times Exact Path Scaled Score growth than their peers who did not use the program.

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Templeton Elementary School

Achievements

100% pass rate on the IREAD test for Tier 3 students
1.5 times greater growth on Exact Path Scaled Scores
Population

Tier 3 students, in grades 3 and 4
The Story

After remarkable success with Tier 3 students in 2018/2019, the school expanded the use of Readable English. They experienced continued growth, in school year 2019/2020 and students who used Readable English scored more than 1.5 times Exact Path Scaled Score growth than their peers who did not use the program.

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