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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
Subject Scores
National
Percentile Rank
FCAT Score
FCAT Level
2009
27
820
1
2010
89
1434
3
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
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
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.)
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%
1District
Administered Interim Tests
2Comprehensive Assessment of Reading Strategies (CARS)
3SAT-10, administered by District
Results obtained using the MaxScholar software for
students in the “I Have a Dream Foundation” program
2012 - 2013
Grade
# of
Students
Hours of
Tutoring using
MaxScholar
software
% making
learning
gains
5th
99
22
90%*
56%*
63%
5th**
116
0
15%*
5%*
11%
*District
Administered Interim Tests
**Did not use the software
% making Average
>15%
% gain
learning
over
gains
baseline
Results obtained using the MaxScholar software for students at
a Miami-Dade County Public School, “DL K8 School”
2012 - 2013
Grade
# of
Students
Hours of
Tutoring using
MaxScholar
% making
learning
gains
5th (SED)
121
30
100%*
46%*
52%
5th** (SED)
116
0
15%*
5%*
3%
*District
Administered Interim Tests
**Did not use the software
% making Average
>15%
% gain
learning
over
gains
baseline
Results obtained using the MaxScholar software for at risk
students attending a Miami-Dade County Public School (SIBK8)
2012 - 2013
Grade
# of
Students
Hours of
Tutoring using
MaxScholar
% making
learning
gains
3rd
36
19
69%
56%*
48%
4th
40
18
75%
33%*
60%
5th**
36
0
58%
16%*
4%
*District
Administered Interim Tests
**Did not use the software
% making Average
>15%
% gain
learning
over
gains
baseline
Results obtained using MaxScholar software
students 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
5th
25
25
62
62
92%
92%
66%
59%
4.6
4.7
*Results using Running Record exam
Results obtained using MaxScholar software
students 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
Control 5th
65
65
26
None
94%
45%
86%
11%
5.72
1.07
(no MaxScholar)
*Results using Running Record exam
Results obtained using the MaxScholar software for
students attending Levy Learning Center*
2009 - 2014
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
*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
Results of 110 K Students who Received
Decoding Instruction (MaxPhonics) Orton-Gillingham
2
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
Pre
1
Posttest
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
Word Recognition
Results of 644 Students (grades 2 -5)
who used MaxScholar software
4
Average beginning level of all students = 1.8
Average ending level of all students = 3.5
3.5
Average beginning level of all students = 0.9
Average ending level of all students = 3.2
3
2.5
Pretest
2
Posttest
1.5
1
0.5
0
Phonemic Awareness
Letter Recognition
Results of 218 Students (pre-K)
who used MaxScholar Pre-K Phonics software
80 %
70
60
50
40
Pretest
30
Posttest
20
10
0
Phonemic Awareness
Letter Recognition