Test scores
We use Lexile scores to test our students in reading proficiency. Last year these scores rose 21% with just 40 hours of intervention. We brought our eighth-graders from an average of 818 (4th-grade reading level) to 990 (7th-grade reading level).
You name ‘em, we get ‘em up. When you focus on the fundamentals, students will do well on any test you give them, from Lexiles to SATs. Last year we brought our students' Lexile scores up 21% with just 30 hours of intervention. They went from an average of 818 (4th-grade level) to 990 (6th-grade level).
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Maybe our best achievement. We survey kids at the beginning of the year and ask them everything from how they like reading in class to how they feel about going into a bookstore. Every year, in nearly every category, we see big improvements.
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Often times the simplest way to get better scores is to get students to read faster. The more material they can move through, the more questions they can answer, the more chance they have of getting the answer right
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We teach both kinds – narrative and prescriptive. We scaffold writing skills so the kids start with the basics: subject, object, noun, and verb. Then we help them to think aloud – great prep for writing because they must develop a narrative in their mind before they commit anything to paper.
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See for yourself
Before
After
Writing Samples
| Prescriptive Writing Sample |
| Narrative Writing Sample - Before |
| Narrative Writing Sample - After |
Survey on reading attitudes - skinner middle school
| Skinner Reading Attitudes |