Improving English Language Fluency and Literacy with Ed-Tech

Improving English Language200x300English learners constitute the most rapidly growing segment of the total prekindergarten through 12th grade public school enrollment—growing 50 percent from 1995 to 2006. However, despite the growing population, English learners are concentrated in a small number of schools with low subject-level achievement stemming from absenteeism, health problems, and lower levels of parent participation.

This whitepaper offers data-driven resources and suggestions on how to help English language learners master and surpass course objectives, while preparing them for lifelong success.

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Effective Reading Instruction for Struggling Readers

Effective Reading Instruction200x300Too many American children struggle with reading (National Institute for Literacy, 2000). In 2009, 33 percent of US fourth graders scored below the basic level on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading test. In 2011, the same assessment showed that fourth-grade readers had made no significant progress since 2009.

Reading skills are a fundamental building block as students strive to develop skills in all other subject areas. In this whitepaper, learn how you can target and bolster struggling readers.

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