DALLAS, April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Voyager Expanded Learning(R) announced
today it has completed and released a report on Passport Reading Journeys
titled: A Summary of the Effectiveness of Passport Reading Journeys. The
report contains information from independent evaluations, state level
results, and profiles of districts and schools that implemented the middle
and high school reading intervention program.
The report summarizes the impact Passport Reading Journeys is having in
middle and high schools across the country, where students enrolled in the
reading intervention program are quickly moving toward grade-level reading
goals. All of the districts and schools in the report demonstrated
tremendous gains after using Passport Reading Journeys including Dallas,
Texas; Miami, Florida; Kayenta, Arizona; along with several others.
Passport Reading Journeys uses a blended approach focused on engaging
students with age-appropriate content in areas of science and social
studies. Through action-packed DVDs, engaging expository text, interactive
technology, an online assessment system, and carefully created sample
dialogue for teachers, students learn about topics such as Forensics,
Fitness and Health, and Cultural Connections.
Student growth is measured in terms of Lexiles. The Lexile Framework
for Reading is a scientific approach to reading measurement that matches
readers to text. The Lexile Framework measures both reader ability and text
difficulty on the same scale, called the Lexile scale. Teachers are able to
easily administer the measures through Voyager's web-based assessment
system. Based on the analyzer by MetaMetrics(R) the percentage of
comprehension of grade level content across subject areas increased for all
students.
Across the United States, strong progress was made by the nearly
100,000 students in all grades enrolled in Passport Reading Journeys. After
one year in the program, more students at each grade level finished the
year reading within the grade level Lexile range.
Sixth grade students gained 92 Lexiles, 32 Lexiles more than expected
by sixth grade students. Seventh grade students gained 127 Lexiles, 67
Lexiles more than the expected gain. Eighth grade students gained 146
Lexiles, 86 Lexiles more than expected. Ninth grade students gained 165
Lexiles, exceeding the expected gain by 135 Lexiles.
In addition, students with diverse needs receiving services such as
special education and limited English proficiency support are surpassing
the expectations of their teachers and parents and they are learning to
read. Passport Reading Journeys is also endorsed by the Council of
Administrators of Special Education.
"Students in Passport Reading Journeys maintained their concentration
because of the high-interest stories in which technology had been
incorporated," says Alexandra Conniff, special education teacher at Admiral
Moorer Middle School in Eufaula, Alabama. "Our students increased their
time on task and Lexiles improved for our students who used Journeys."
To obtain a copy of the complete report electronically, visit:
http://www.voyagerlearning.com/ResearchStudyDocuments/PRJ_Evaluation_Report.pdf
For more information on Voyager, visit: http://www.voyagerlearning.com .
Voyager Expanded Learning
Voyager Expanded Learning provides core, intervention and supplemental
reading programs, as well as math intervention and ongoing professional
development programs, for school districts throughout the United States.
Founded in 1994, Voyager has delivered extended-time reading and basic
skills intervention programs, as well as large-scale reading programs, to
more than 1000 school districts in cities such as Dallas, Phoenix, New York
and Los Angeles, resulting in dramatically improved student performance.
Voyager Expanded Learning, Inc. is a business unit of Voyager Learning
Company (OTC: VLCY.PK) and based in Dallas, Texas. For more information,
please visit http://www.voyagerlearning.com or call 1-888-399-1995.
SOURCE Voyager Learning Company
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