Lexia and the Three-Tier Model
Help all your students learn to read, at all levels of ability and development!
Lexia software supports students in Three-Tier Model of Reading Instruction. Lexia’s reading programs build skills with explicit practice in Phonemic Awareness, and Phonics while promoting gains in Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension. Grades K – 8.
Research Proves the Results
Lexia reading programs have been rigorously tested in school-based studies to measure their effectiveness. These studies have followed the fundamental guidelines for scientifically based research: treatment and control groups, standardized and normed test measures, accepted methods of statistical analysis and independent peer review of the results.
Some of the key results include:
- Kindergartners making significant gains in phonological awareness, a critical pre-literacy skill set*
- First grade, low performing students making significant gains in reading and finishing the school year with scores equivalent to non at-risk students**
- Middle school SPED students making significant gains in reading and spelling***
*Manuscript currently under review
**Published in the Journal of Research in Reading, Volume 29, Issue 2, 2006
***Manuscript in preparation, presentation accepted for International Dyslexia Association Conference November, 2006
How do I know where to place my students?
The LEXIA Quick Reading Test offers a quick placement for students in the appropriate Lexia program and level. Within 5-to-8 minutes, teachers gain an indispensable snapshot of a student’s reading skills, strengths, and gaps. This test determines a student’s ability to use word-attack strategies and evaluates automaticity with basic sight words. A huge time saver, it automatically tracks responses, interprets them, and generates reports that summarize a student’s performance and identifies where practice or instruction is needed. Reports may reflect one student’s progress or the whole class.
Lexia Software:
- Aligns with the Three-Tier Response to Intervention (RTI) Model
- Complements your existing reading curricula
- Provides the practice ELL/ESL students need to master important reading skills
- Consistently demonstrates success with special education and low performing students
- Works effectively in classrooms, labs, before and after school programs