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Activated Reader™
Activated Reader™
Vocabulary-Powered Reading Solutions
Word Power = Reading Power!
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The Vocabulary-Reading Connection
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The US Vocabulary-Reading-Math & Science Crisis!
US Reading, Math, and Science scores all
collapse after 4th grade. 38% of 4th graders cannot read at even basic
proficiency (72% of students in some minority groups), a situation the
NIH calls a "public health crisis" and the root cause of our childrens
poor performance in math (18th in world) and science (17th) and of the
catastrophic dropout rates we see among many high school populations.
The good news? Researchers have identified a clear path to reading success—and the missing link in that path: Vocabulary.
The bad news? They
have also discovered the K-1 Vocabulary Gap--a hidden handicap (of up
to 4,000 words) that many children start school with and which helps
explain why children who are successful early readers later have
reading comprehension problems (if vocabulary doesn't "keep up with the
books," comprehension eventually becomes impossible). Close the
vocabulary gap and you will boost reading comprehension scores. Boost
reading comprehension and you will improve performance in all academic
subjects and reduce the dropout rate.
In addition, new research has revealed the unexpected fact that all children learn new words in a predictable sequence (i.e., it's possible to put together a universal word-difficulty list, valid for children in Texas, New York, or Hawaii) and that placing children at their vocabulary learning threshold in that list speeds up acquisition and retention of new words, boosts perceptive vocabulary, and so, reading ability.
Combine vocabulary acceleration with our "Active Reading Window™" and you can get struggling readers to do something they've never done before: actively engage with a large number of texts at the right level-of-difficulty (customized for each students based on vocabulary progress), reading and rereading them for meaning. Reading comprehension scores jump.
The good news? Researchers have identified a clear path to reading success—and the missing link in that path: Vocabulary.
Phonemic Awareness -> Phonics -> VOCABULARY -> Guided Reading Practice
In addition, new research has revealed the unexpected fact that all children learn new words in a predictable sequence (i.e., it's possible to put together a universal word-difficulty list, valid for children in Texas, New York, or Hawaii) and that placing children at their vocabulary learning threshold in that list speeds up acquisition and retention of new words, boosts perceptive vocabulary, and so, reading ability.
Combine vocabulary acceleration with our "Active Reading Window™" and you can get struggling readers to do something they've never done before: actively engage with a large number of texts at the right level-of-difficulty (customized for each students based on vocabulary progress), reading and rereading them for meaning. Reading comprehension scores jump.
