Summer 2008

In the summer of 2008, 38 students reached Fluent Reading Trainer. These students averaged 128 words per minute

at the beginning and 267 wpm at the end of the sessions. Only two first graders reached Fluent Reading Trainer. Both

began at 60 wpm and they finished at 144 and 171 wpm. Our star student, a 10^th grader, began reading only 182 wpm of 5^th

grade material and finished reading at 1143 wpm of 12^th grade level material. Three students who were going to be retained

in grade improved their reading skills enough to be eligible for the next grade.

School year 2009-10

In the 2009-2010 academic year, 23 students who reached Fluent Reading Trainer demonstrated significant reading

improvement. The average reading speed increased from 185 wpm to 323 wpm. Lexiles are a new measure of reading skills

which include speed, vocabulary and sentence structure. The average Lexile scores increased from 636 to 831,

approximately 2 grade levels. Additionally, 10 students mastered the 60 Lexia kindergarten level activities, 8 students

mastered more than 300 Lexia Primary Reading activities and 21 students mastered more that 300 Lexia Strategies for Older

Students activities. Mastering 360 Lexia activities correlates with a minimum two grade level improvement in reading skills.