DALLAS, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Voyager Expanded Learning(R) announced
today that students in state, district and school level implementations, as
well as special education subgroups, demonstrated unprecedented gains after
using the company's math intervention program, Vmath(R). The dramatic
student gains are noted in the newly released Voyager Summary of
Effectiveness report on Vmath. The report features information about the
Vmath program, national results, state-wide results in Alabama and Texas
and additional success stories from individual districts and schools in
Texas and Florida.
For example, sixth-grade students at Aliceville Middle School in
Aliceville, Alabama, who received instruction with Vmath demonstrated gains
as measured by the STAR Math Assessment, moving from a 5.2 grade level
equivalent to 7.4 during the course of the year. The passing rate on the
Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test (ARMT) increased from 57 percent in
2005-2006 to 82 percent in 2006-2007 for this cohort. The SAT 10 passing
rate for these sixth- grader students increased from 36 percent in
2005-2006 to 64 percent in 2006- 2007.
"Since the implementation of Vmath, we have seen an increase in student
performance on various assessments that ultimately produced significant
increases on state and national assessments. We will continue to use the
Vmath program because it is making a difference in the lives of our
students," says Tammy Brown, Aliceville Middle School reading and math
coach.
Vmath is Voyager's math intervention program that provides struggling
math students in grades three through eight with targeted, 30-40 minutes of
systematic, daily instruction to bring them to grade-level proficiency and
improve their outcomes on standardized tests.
Built on Voyager's proven-effective reading intervention model, Vmath
enables teachers to quickly identify students who are struggling with math,
and intervene with explicit, scaffolded instruction while monitoring
progress until intervention is no longer needed.
Each Vmath grade level contains 10 modules; each module includes seven
to 15 lessons falling into three categories: concept development, skill
development and problem solving.
Teachers and administrators implementing Vmath can track student
progress using Voyager's online data management system, VPORT(TM). A pre-
and post- test component also lets teachers determine if students have
mastered key skills, and a test prep component gives students opportunities
for self- assessment and review.
Teachers receive year-long service and support from Voyager through an
ongoing partnership that includes comprehensive professional development
through launch training, a training kit with video tutorials, and support
via phone, email, and the Voyager Website. Vmath works with any core math
program and can be effectively used during the school day, after school,
weekend, or summer school programs.
VmathLive provides a blended solution of print and technology that
extends the time students spend learning and practicing essential math
skills. The interactive environment motivates and engages math students,
reinforces the same concepts and skills taught in core math programs and
provides practice in a high-stakes test format.
The topics and content in VmathLive are aligned to Voyager's math
intervention system, Vmath(R), and includes several state-specific courses
aligned to high-stakes assessments.
To obtain a copy of the complete report electronically, visit:
http://www.voyagerlearning.com/ResearchStudyDocuments/Vmath_Evaluation_Repo
rt. pdf (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and
paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field. Remove
the space if one exists.)
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 900 school districts in cities such as Dallas, Phoenix, New York
and Los Angeles, resulting in dramatically improved student performance.
Voyager Expanded Learning, L.P. is based in Dallas, Texas and is a business
unit of Voyager Learning Company (Pink Sheets: VLCY). For more information,
please visit http://www.voyagerlearning.com or call 1-888-399-1995.
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Shannan Overbeck of Voyager Learning Company,
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