Praise for Lexia
“ In the fall of 2007, the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children piloted Lexia Reading V5 as a technology supplement in the hospital's Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities. The Lexia Program has been a valuable addition to the curriculum Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia. The program provides independent practice and reinforcement for the phonological awareness, phonics and decoding skills the students are learning. The children look forward to their time on the computer and enjoy using Lexia to improve their reading skills.”
“ Students come into the computer lab, sit down and log in. It's that easy. I don't need to instruct them because the program clearly states the instructions. I enjoy watching them progress through the different levels. It gives them a confidence boost. You can't beat that! ”
“ Our district is currently using Lexia Reading software in K through 2nd grade and we are impressed with the results. Rapid gains by our students are evidenced by the progress reports generated by the program. The reports are easy to access and you can see at a glance how students, classrooms, and schools are progressing through the levels. ”
“ We are getting rave reviews from everyone using Lexia Reading v5. I had one student today that said he would rather work on Lexia than go to recess. That was quite a compliment. ”
“ Lexia is like having another teacher in the room to provide individualized instruction. The quality of the program and the ease of student management make it a perfect companion to my instruction and play a big part in my students' increase in reading skills. ”
“ Lexia v5 provides teachers and administrators a daily snapshot of students' needs and progress - what skills a student can do and what skills need to be re-taught. This critical information is powerful for daily planning of instruction, date meetings, SPED team meetings and at parent conferences. ”
“Lexia helps me with my reading a lot. I would recommend it to other kids because they would probably enjoy it just like I do. ”
“Lexia is an excellent product. I’ve already recommended it to several friends. ”
“It shows pictures, repeats words, and helps you learn. I can’t wait to use it at my school. I never understood accenting, but I can figure it out now. It’s better than my teacher!”
“Lexia is an important component of our language arts curriculum. We began using Lexia for students who were experiencing difficulties in basic reading skills. Within a very short time, all our students were using the program. They enjoy the graphics and become engaged in interactive activities. Lexia is one of the few programs that students find difficult to leave. To this day Lexia serves as the most important skill building component of our language arts curriculum. ”
“Lexia provides four key benefits: 1) it engages the kids, 2) it helps the teacher manage and monitor the teaching process, 3) it provides a structured curriculum that I can depend on, and 4) it helps kids to shift to effective word attack strategies early. I feel that every child needs the kind of phonological awareness taught in the activities. ”
“The best software I’ve seen for kids. The kids come in on their off time, and they keep coming. We have recommended it highly to the district. ”
“Lexia is a natural extension of the instructional process. ”
“Before saying the Pledge of Allegiance, the kids are in the back of the room using Lexia. They light right up when they use it. ”
“We have found this very successful with our Title I remedial reading students. ”
“I want to thank you for your wonderful programs. Children can use this and get immediate feedback. The sequence of skills taught correlate with some of your major reading intervention programs. Keep up the great work!”
“We use the Lexia program at various levels in North Attleboro and find it to be one of the most beneficial programs for our students. ”
“We have started a pilot with Lexia in our building for all grade levels K – 6. We have tested all our pilot students with a standardized test so we will be able to see results at the end of the year. So far, the teachers have found the program to be such a useful tool for our students, they are starting to schedule our computer lab for their whole class to work on it. I was a reading specialist for 12 years (and a classroom teacher for 14) before becoming a principal, so I knew what I was looking for in a program and wanted one based on sound research. Lexia does everything we had hoped for—all done without taking up more teacher time. Our students love working with the program and often choose to do it during rainy recesses and any extra class time they have.”
Praise for Lexia by Product
Lexia Primary Reading (Phonics Based Reading)
“My 7-year-old son absolutely has a blast with the Phonics Based Reading program. He is able to understand and follow the directions, move throughout the program, and change levels without any adult help (great for busy parents!). I would highly recommend this program to any parent who has a child in need of extra help or just to use as a refresher. ”
“Lexia’s assessment and Phonics Based Reading programs have become an integral part of our curriculum especially for our younger students. Teachers report that ASSESS [now called Lexia’s Quick Reading Test] pinpoints individual weaknesses needing additional instruction and practice while the Phonics Based Reading and Strategies for the Older Student programs provide needed reinforcement on a teacher independent basis…Our teachers appreciate Lexia’s ready and able support and we all look forward to a long and continuing productive relationship.”
“I am writing this letter to express just how impressed we are here at our school with your Phonics Based Reading software program. I am presently using it in my 3rd grade special education resource room. As the year has progressed, its usage has become a fundamental, very effective part of our everyday work in my room. It is really that good. I have researched and used many other skill reinforcement programs, but yours is far and away the best that I have seen. Your approach is logical, systematic, highly motivating, and very effective in producing true mastery of the skills involved. The authoring capability and summary report functions are very helpful…I have highly recommended this program to many people.”
“The news is spreading about the wonderful things offered in Phonics Based Reading. The teachers who previewed it in my school are RAVING about it, and…our assistant principal LOVED it!”
“My class has been using the Lexia Phonics Based Reading Program for almost 1 month. They absolutely love it! They wake up every morning so excited to come to school and jump on that computer! I am so happy to see my class enjoying learning so much. I really think that this program will make a difference in phonics learning. Thank you for developing this program.”
Lexia Strategies for Older Students (SOS)
“My 80 year old father loves Reading S.O.S. He is like a little kid with a new toy! Starting out was hard for him, but he is very bull headed to learn how to read and is getting a little better every day. My parents went out for breakfast with my sister and her husband, and my dad read what he wanted for himself for the 1st time in his life! Thanks again for all your help. ”
“I wish I had it when I was younger. It would have helped me tremendously. It can still help me.”
“This is one of the best programs I have tried, not only for vocabulary, but also for SAT prep. I wish I had this program through middle and high school.”
“Our 11 year old son Samuel is dyslexic and has had great difficulty learning to read and spell and has poor phonological awareness. We have been working with the Lexia Reading SOS programme for 4 months (in conjunction with working with a SPED teacher) and Samuel has made significant progress over this time. The SOS programme teaches good reading strategies for children who have difficulty with language and we have found it to be an interesting and successful programme. One of the best things about it is that you can accurately and quickly determine the areas which cause the most difficulty and then address these areas with the programme. Samuel has had fun while learning and has been keen to use programme. A little time spent each day having fun on the computer has made learning more fun and less stressful for him, and he can do it at his own pace. His younger sister, who has no learning difficulties, has also used it and her reading has become more accurate and fluent.”
“Since we started using Lexia software, students progress at a much faster pace. Some have skipped entire books in our curriculum!”
“We have found the perfect technological program to use for re-enforcement and enrichment for secondary students which is phonics base—and it works! Lexia SOS provides our secondary students with an analytic approach to phonics which is effective and enjoyable. It provides support through a format that a secondary student does not find demeaning. We have seen an average growth in decoding skills of 2 or more years in one semester.”
Lexia Cross-Trainer
“Thank you for this program [Lexia Cross-Trainer]. My 13 year old son has now completed 40 hours of the Visual-Spatial program and we have seen remarkable results! During his school IEP, we heard comments like “Chris is much more calm and independent in his work. He’s really shown improvement in the last 6 – 8 weeks.” Each teacher on his team reinforced Chris’s improved performance. That’s all well and good, but then I had Chris tested for a PACE program. He was pre-tested in February of 2004. Due to his teachers’ IEP comments he was re-tested in June, 2004 prior to the start of the program. The only intervention we did was Lexia Visual-Spatial game. Here are the results: February 2004 Visual processing 12.5 years equivalent, now Chris is at 18 years equivalent. A 5 year gain! February 2004, Logic and Reasoning (the ability to reason and solve spatially defined problems which require high level conceptual abilities) 6 year old equivalent, after the game—now 12.3 year equivalent, a 6 year gain!! Chris’s ability to problem solve in everyday life has noticeably improved and I thought you would appreciate the numbers to support it!! Thank you Lexia.”
Inicio a la lectura
“It is wonderful watching students come with eagerness and excitement to work on Inicio a la Lectura. The program engages the students with fun activities and has given them the confidence needed to be successful in the beginning stages of reading.”