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Northwest 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)
• 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)

Case Studies

• Kamiakin High School, Kennewick, WA »
  Named after Kamiakin, a chief of the Yakama Tribe in the 1800s, Kamiakin High School has earned a solid reputation for being one of the top public high schools in southeastern Washington. Until 2003 the Kamiakin Math Department had been putting struggling math students in an "extended integrated" math class. (View PDF, 69K)
• Selah Intermediate School, Selah, WA »
  Although Selah was meeting the requirements for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL), the state’s test for students and schools, a large number of students were still not passing. To address the needs of these students, Selah Intermediate School Principal Jim Merz reassigned Roger Bennett, a Math and PE teacher, to spend half of his school day working to help more at-risk math students pass the WASL. A state grant enabled Selah Intermediate School to change gears with its intervention strategy and implement a software solution called the Academy of MATH. (View PDF, 533KB)

Success Stories

• Prosser High School, Prosser, WA »
  Since adopting the Academy of READING at Washington's Prosser High School, Reading Coordinator Kila Salyers-Smith has seen students achieve up to five years' reading improvement in a single year. She says students may show some initial reluctance when they begin the program, but by the second week, "they are enjoying the class and that reluctance is gone."
• Sumner High School, Sumner, WA »
  Confidence is crucial to learning, and a little success goes a long way. According to Vicki Kelly of Sumner Junior High School, the Academy of READING software program not only improves reading skills but also motivates students to want to read more.
• Komachin Middle School, Lacey, WA »
  Educators at Komachin Middle School first began to seek out a reading intervention program when the Washington Standards of Learning and the district revealed that many of their students were reading below the 35th percentile. Educators examined several different programs, but the Academy of READING was the clear choice because of its scalability, adaptability, and basis in neurological research.
• Ocosta School District, Westport, WA »
  Ocosta School District has tried various reading intervention methods without great success. When statewide reading tests indicated the seriousness of students' reading disabilities, teachers decided that a solution had to be found. They turned to the Academy of READING and were very happy with the results.