Utah State Board of Education Approves Lexia Reading Core5 as K–3 Reading Improvement Program
April 19 2018 - 9:00AM
Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone Inc. (NYSE: RST) Company, today
announced that Lexia Reading Core5® has been named by the Utah
State Board of Education (USBE) as an approved provider of early
interactive reading software for literacy instruction and
assessment for grades K–3.
Out of the 14 literacy programs submitted to the USBE for
consideration, Core5 is one of only four products to be approved.
Of these four products, Core5 received the highest overall
technical score by the evaluation committee and is the only program
approved for site-wide use with implementation support services and
trainings included.
“We are extremely honored to once again be selected as a
preferred provider,” said Lexia President Nick Gaehde. “Under this
state-funded initiative, Utah educators who choose Core5 from the
approved list can implement Core5 with the knowledge that the
program meets the USBE requirements to become an essential
component of a district’s literacy implementation.”
The news of being named a preferred vendor comes after a
recently released report showing that students in Utah who were
using Lexia Reading Core5® during the 2016-17 school year realized
significant literacy gains.
Released by the USBE for the Early Intervention Software Program
grant (EISP), the report shows students with strong performance in
Core5 also had increased gains in The Dynamic Indicators of Basic
Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS®) Next. DIBELS Next is a set of
procedures and measures for assessing the acquisition of early
literacy skills for students in kindergarten through sixth grade.
The Evaluation and Training Institute (ETI), which conducted the
report, also found that students using Core5 in grades K-1
experienced significantly accelerated reading growth compared to
the control group.
The ETI report noted that additional hours of Core5 use were
associated with increased DIBELS Next scores for students in grades
K–3. Overall, students using Core 5 had the highest fidelity of use
across all eight literacy products reviewed by the Utah State Board
of Education. Notably, Core5 was the only program that had a
positive relationship between additional time spent in the program
and end-of-year assessment literacy scores for all grades.
“The most compelling findings in this year’s ETI report point to
the connection between strong usage and final results. When
students met EISP’s highest usage requirements during the 2016-2017
school year, DIBELS Next growth for kindergartners tripled, first
graders nearly tripled, second graders doubled, and third graders
had significant gains compared to their respective control groups,”
said Gaehde. “Teachers can feel confident that when their students
meet and exceed their weekly usage recommendations for at least 20
weeks, the results will have the maximum impact on literacy
growth.”
A progress report prepared by the Lexia Research team further
highlights the successful implementations in many schools across
the state. All told, more than 22,000 students in 150 schools used
Core5 during this time and the percentage of those students who met
usage requirements and were classified as working in or above grade
level nearly doubled by June 2017 — increasing from 49 percent to
92 percent. More than two-thirds of the students (67 percent)
reached their grade-level benchmark in Core5 while students who
were found to be working below grade level decreased from 51
percent to 8 percent.
"This year, we decided to switch to Lexia Reading Core5 after
using another online literacy program and we are very excited by
the student gains we are observing. In just a matter of months,
those students who met their recommended usage levels and were
working in or above their year in Core5 increased substantially
from 67 percent to 91 percent," commented Principal Suzie Williams
at Eastlake Elementary School in Jordan School District. "We
also found that the percent of third grade students meeting usage
and working below their grade level in the program reduced from 54
percent to 17 percent — just amazing results!"
Lexia Reading Core5 is a research-proven, technology-based
program that accelerates the development of fundamental literacy
skills for students of all abilities in grades pre-K–5. Following a
scope and sequence built for rigorous state standards, Core5
provides explicit, systematic instruction through personalized
learning paths in six areas of reading. Core5 seamlessly adapts
based on student performance, targeting skill gaps as they emerge
and equipping teachers with the data and instructional resources
they need to personalize instruction for every student. Embedded
assessment technology predicts students’ year-end performance and
provides ongoing norm-referenced and actionable data to help
teachers prioritize and plan instruction with the offline
instructional materials.
Every school in Utah that selects Lexia Reading Core5 from the
USBE’s approved list of early interactive reading software for
literacy and assessment also receives an Implementation Support
Plan (ISP) in which Lexia partners with the school to meet specific
literacy goals. During the first year of implementation, an
assigned implementation manager consults with and assists the
school’s team while providing an implementation plan, technical
set-up guidance, guidance of student scheduling for Lexia usage and
a full day of customized on-site training.
For more information, visit
https://www.lexialearning.com/utah.
About Lexia LearningLexia Learning, a Rosetta
Stone company, empowers educators through adaptive assessment and
personalized instruction. For more than 30 years, the company has
been on the leading edge of research and product development as it
relates to student reading skills. With a robust offering that
includes solutions for differentiated instruction, personalized
learning and assessment, Lexia Learning provides educators with the
tools to intensify and accelerate literacy skills development for
students of all abilities. For more information, visit
www.lexialearning.com.
About Rosetta StoneRosetta Stone Inc. (NYSE:
RST) is dedicated to changing people’s lives through the power of
language and literacy education. The company’s innovative digital
solutions drive positive learning outcomes for the inspired learner
at home or in schools and workplaces around the world. Founded in
1992, Rosetta Stone’s language division uses cloud-based solutions
to help all types of learners read, write, and speak more than 30
languages. Lexia Learning, Rosetta Stone's literacy education
division, was founded more than 30 years ago and is a leader in the
literacy education space. Today, Lexia helps students build
fundamental reading skills through its rigorously researched,
independently evaluated, and widely respected instruction and
assessment programs.
For more information, visit www.rosettastone.com. “Rosetta
Stone” is a registered trademark or trademark of Rosetta Stone Ltd.
in the United States and other countries.
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