Virginia Educators See ‘Dramatic Growth’ With Lexia

When students are using Lexia®, Carrie Lisma, an education specialist supporting literacy intervention for Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools, knows they are engaged and learning.

“You know that when your students are working on Lexia, they're not just doing busy work. They are working on content that meets their needs,” she said.

Lisma’s district relies on Lexia to support students who need differentiated instruction and educators have seen improved student progress. “We have just seen such dramatic growth,” she said.

While Lisma admits there was a bit of hesitancy from teachers to adopt Lexia® Core5® Reading and Lexia® PowerUp Literacy®, seeing the evidence changed everything. Core5 is a research-proven program that accelerates the development of literacy skills for pre-K–5 students of all abilities, helping them make the critical shift from learning to read to reading to learn.

While PowerUp accelerates literacy gains for students in grades 6–12 who are at risk of not meeting College- and Career-Ready Standards. It is rooted in the science of reading and proven to be up to five times as effective as the average middle school reading intervention.

Research also shows that using Core5 and PowerUp leads to improved student performance and proficiency.

Watch this video to find out how Lexia’s research-proven programs are helping take some of the load off teachers in Virginia, while delivering exceptional results.