Success Stories & Testimonials


Bridgeport Public Schools – Bridgeport, CT

Focused on reducing the number of retentions due to slow academic and social-emotional development, Bridgeport implemented Lexia as a Tier II and Tier III RTI solution. As a result, those students perceived as having behavior problems as well as students on the cusp the learning-disabled designation are able to demonstrate growth using Lexia’s computer-assisted instruction and practice as a tier III intervention.
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Cabrillo Unified Schools – Half Moon Bay, CA

Given the varied needs in the District, one of the key challenges facing Cabrillo Unified is the achievement gap between the native English speakers and ELL students. Bachicha and his team sought a technology-based program that would give equal access and support to all students.
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El Monte, Los Angeles County, CA

With 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and 60% of the students English language learners, Mountain View’s Dr. Peter Knapik sought a solution to support his struggling student that was research-based, research-proven and cost effective. The skills practice and monitoring has played an integral part in the district’s successful efforts to improve student performance.
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San Francisco Unified School District – Gordon Lau Elementary School – San Francisco, CA

Upon arriving at her new role at Lau Elementary, Kwong noticed that although most of the student population was doing fairly well, some students were still struggling and were not showing enough progress. Although the school had a high API score (California’s measure of academic performance and growth of schools on a variety of academic measures) there was a large percentage of students who were struggling and in a bi-lingual program. The school also had an influx of students who enrolled at the school in 3rd or 4th grade, who had not been exposed to phonics from an early age.
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Hall County Schools – Gainesville, GA

To meet their academic goals and address a growing English language learner (ELL) population, Hall County’s Dr. Aaron Turpin implemented Lexia as part of district-wide learning environment where students can learn at any time and any place. The Web-enabled system provides practice and support for key reading skills development during the school day an in out-of-school-time, while District administrators use robust student performance reports to guide instruction and Response to Intervention strategies.
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Scholastic Administrator posts Hall County, GA District Success Story using Lexia Reading

Pocatello School District – Chubbuck Elementary School – Chubbuck, ID

A Title I school with 40% eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Chubbuck Elementary School Principal Jan Herdt wanted a program that would effectively target core reading skills for students in lower grades, and would present the material in a user-friendly format for teachers and students. Lexia Reading has proven to be an effective tool in supporting the schools Response to Intervention program. As a result of Lexia’s alignment with state tests, the program has helped to dramatically improve targeted instruction and student performance.
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Patrick J. Kennedy School – Boston, MA:

The Patrick J. Kennedy School is a pre-K to 5th grade elementary school serving a student body of about 250. The majority of the students at the PJK and their families live in the East Boston neighborhood and over 75% of the student population is non-Caucasian.

Lexia Learning Systems was introduced at the PJK in 2004. The Lexia reading skills programs were integrated as a key component of students’ computer-based learning, providing both practice in reading skills and exposure to learning technology. The students and staff at the PJK use Lexia Reading daily, and provide valuable insight into real-world use of the program.

Additionally, The Patrick J. Kennedy School is one of Lexia’s primary beta sites, and also provided us with many of the images of real students at work using Lexia Reading that you see throughout the programs.

Hanscom Schools – Hanscom Air Force Base, Lincoln, MA:

The Hanscom Primary and Middle Schools are located on the Hanscom Air Force Base as part of the Lincoln Public Schools in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The schools serve the eligible military dependent children of service men and women stationed at the base. The schools enroll students in grades K-8 and collaborate with educators in the Lincoln Campus to develop and deliver curriculum.

Lexia’s relationship with Hanscom includes the use of beta versions of new programs for both skill development and assessment. Hanscom staff provide information on the technical performance of Lexia programs as well as feedback on program content, features and functionality. Hanscom teachers and students have had a positive and direct influence on the design and performance of Lexia programs!

Revere Public Schools – Revere, MA:

Revere is a working class, multi-cultural city north of Boston, Massachusetts. There are 11 public schools in the district, and just under 6,000 students enrolled in Revere Public Schools. The student population is quite diverse, with over 50% non-Caucasian students, more than 60% of the students qualifying as low-income and about 40% coming from homes where the first language spoken is not English.

Lexia Learning Systems began its partnership with the Revere schools in 2001. 2 peer-reviewed, published studies were produced from the results of that very first year of the implementation of Lexia reading programs in the elementary schools. Additional studies were conducted during the 2006 – 2007 school year that included both pre-K students and middle school students for the first time.

The Revere school system also serves as a crucial site for beta testing and focus group feedback as Lexia develops new components of Lexia Reading. The Garfield Elementary school was one of the first schools to use Lexia Reading prior to its launch in the fall of 2007. Revere teachers and students alike have informed a number of design elements that make the program easier to use and more effective.

Eden Prairie School District – Forest Hills Elementary School – Eden Prairie, MN

Forest Hills Elementary School’s Jeff Thelen found that many of the “big name” technology interventions failed to reach the students who needed the most help. However, Lexia, one of the few programs to support the Orton-Gillingham instructional model, was implemented to support the schools most struggling students. With Lexia’s multi-sensory approach and robust diagnostic reports, Forest Hills’ sub-groups have outperformed all others in the district.
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Spencer-Van Etten Elementary School – Van Etten, NY

Leslie Stackhouse, Principal

Located in central upstate New York, the Spencer-Van Etten Elementary school implemented a pilot program of Lexia Reading in January 2008, and experienced [tremendous benefits] as a result. Of the school’s nearly 400 students, 43% qualify for free or reduced price lunch rates. Using Lexia’s real-time assessment, Spencer Van-Etten teachers were able to accurately identify student strengths and weaknesses—some of which had not been previously identified by another other assessment used at the school. With this robust student performance data, teachers could customize teaching and intervention strategies, and help support reading achievement for all students.

El Paso Independent School District – Burleson Elementary School – El Paso, TX

Principal Pam Howard implemented Lexia Learning to help address reading readiness in a school population with extremely high rates of poverty and high percentages of English language learners. Having used implemented Lexia successfully at other schools during the past 15 years, Howard implemented Lexia as a part of her improvement plan to use traditional textbook-driven, whole-group instruction along with individualized instruction using computer technology. As a result, the school went from being ranked among the lowest-performing schools in the district to achieving 95-100% pass rates in key assessments.
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Ennis Independent School District – Ennis, TX:

Ennis is a rural community about 40 miles south of Dallas, Texas. The 5,600 students in the district are serviced by a dedicated early childhood center, 4 elementary schools, a 6th grade campus, 1 junior high and 1 high school. Over 60% of the students in Ennis are non-Caucasian, and 60% qualify as being from economically disadvantaged homes.

Ennis ISD became a research site for Lexia Learning Systems during the 2007 – 2008 school year. The study was the first to look specifically at subgroups of bilingual ELL students using Lexia Reading. After completion of the study, the district expanded the implementation of Lexia Reading to all students in all 4 elementary schools, along with the Early Childhood Center and the 6th Grade Center.

Students and teachers in Ennis also participated in a 2-day photo shoot to provide Lexia with most of the images you see on this website.

Westside Elementary School – Powell, WY

Brent Walker, Principal

In the small, rural town of Powell, Wyoming, Brent Walker has served as Principal of Westside Elementary School for more than 25 years. With a student population of 275, where 40% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch, Westside’s scores on state reading assessments moved from average in 1999, to becoming one of the top 10 performing districts in 2003. Striving for even higher achievement, Principal Walker piloted the Lexia Reading program in grade 3. After experiencing significant achievement gains in reading achievement, Lexia was implemented school-wide. Lexia has now become an integral part of the school’s daily reading instruction in kindergarten through grade 5, and is a key part of the school’s Response to Intervention (RTI) strategy. With 95% of grade 3 students now reading at or above grade level, Principal Walker attributes the success to the efforts of his staff and Lexia Reading.

Praise for Lexia Reading

Intelligent Branching: “Once a student is placed at the appropriate level and activity based on the teacher’s assessment of the student’s needs, a recursive branching system that is built into the Lexia software automatically directs a student to the needed level of activity difficulty, depending on the student’s response. Students are given support throughout the activities with cues offered when needed and additional lessons provided when they experience difficulty.”

– Florida Center for Reading Research

Student Experience: “Students are given support throughout the activities with cues offered when needed and additional lessons provided when they experience difficulty.”

– Florida Center for Reading Research

Read more at the Lexia FCRR webpage

“A strong reading program should be backed up by true efficacy data which is found only in studies published in peer-reviewed journals. A successful reading program must have a specific scope and sequence, provide extensive cumulative practice, and integrate new content with previously learned content. Lexia Reading does all of this.”

– Dr. Patricia G. Mathes, Ph.D, Professor of Literacy and Language Learning, and Director, Institute of Reading Research for Southern Methodist University

“Lexia Reading provides English language learners, and students who struggle with learning to read, multiple opportunities to practice the essential components of an effective intervention program. The components include: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. All students can achieve literacy with Lexia Reading.”

– Elsa Cardenas Hagan Ed.D., University of Houston, Valley Speech Language & Learning Center

“Lexia Reading is a very valuable program for ESL students. We put our ESL students on Lexia Reading right away to help expedite the process of English language acquisition.”

– Brent Walker, Principal, Westside Elementary School, Powell, Wyoming

“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.”

“Students love Lexia Reading. They enjoy the interface and they enjoy being able to see their progress as they complete activities.”

“Our teachers like Lexia. It isn’t just a reading software program to keep kids busy and hope they learn something. Lexia Reading actually is aligned and supports what we are teaching in the classroom. This makes Lexia powerful for teachers.”

– Brian Fry, Curriculum Director from Ennis, Texas

“Student interest and enthusiasm for the program did not diminish over time, and the children who passed to new levels of the program expressed excitement and a sense of accomplishment about doing so.”

“The Lexia Reading program complements and even, at times, serves as an alternative to teacher-directed classroom instruction.”

“Lexia’s built-in assessment and reporting allowed teachers to plan instruction and directly teach students the necessary skills. We have never been able to uncover before so easily areas where students are struggling. Now with Lexia, we can see immediately if a student or group of students is having trouble with a specific reading skill.”

“Valuable diagnostic tools help teachers uncover and then support weaknesses and misunderstandings in pre-literacy and literacy development.”

“We are eager to expand the many benefits and opportunities Lexia affords all student and staff within our school.”

– Leslie Stackhouse, Spencer Van Etten Elementary School, Van Etten, New York

“The use of Lexia Reading not only helps students who are struggling to read, but it also allows students who are way above the minimum competency to soar.”

– Aaron Turpin, the executive director of information technology and assessment for Hall County Schools

“I have watched all the students use this program over the last 2 years and can highly recommend it.”

“It is a very valuable program for ESL students. We put our ESL students on Lexia Reading right away to help expedite the process of English language acquisition.”

“Students like the game format of the program and work hard to get to the next level. They find the program challenging and it holds their interest.”

– Brent Walker, Principal, Westside Elementary School, Powell, Wyoming

“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.”

– Karen Avrit, Director of Dyslexia Education, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

“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!”

– Brian Fry, Curriculum Director from Ennis, Texas

“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.”

– Brian Fry, Curriculum Director from Ennis, Texas

“We are getting rave reviews from everyone using Lexia Reading v5. I had 1 student today that said he would rather work on Lexia than go to recess. That was quite a compliment.”

– Carolyn Mucci, Reading Consultant, Andrew Avenue Elementary School

“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.”

– Beverlee Thomas, Teacher, Fossil Ridge Intermediate School

“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, data meetings, SPED team meetings and at parent conferences.”

– Grace Marie Greeno, Director of Literacy, Revere Public Schools

“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. ”

– Rob Hueber, a 3rd grade student

“Lexia is an excellent product. I’ve already recommended it to several friends.”

– Ms. Jeanne Holmberg, parent and teacher, Dillon, CO

“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!”

– Emily Carabelas, student, 7th grade, Glen Arm, MD

“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.”

– Christian H. Lavoie, former Principal of the Ruth C. Kinney Elementary School in Islip Terrace, Long Island

“Lexia provides 4 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.”

– Cathy Milton, Special Education Teacher at the Claypit Hill School in Wayland, MA

“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.”

– Ms. Jan Curry, Research Director, Sierra Enterprise Elementary School, Sacramento, CA

“Lexia is a natural extension of the instructional process.”

– Ms. Beth Brown, SPED teacher, Peter Noyes School, Sudbury, MA

“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.”

– Ms. Ginny Smith, Technology Coordinator, Hennessey School, Lawrence, MA

“We have found this very successful with our Title I remedial reading students.”

– Ms. Carol Lord, Birmingham, AL

“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!”

– Pat Schaefer, Reading Specialist, Special Education programs, Grades K – 12, Murfreesboro, TN

“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.”

– Ms. M. A. Brissette, North Attleboro Schools, MA

“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.”

– Cindy Weldon, Principal, Briarcrest Elementary, Shoreline, WA

“Lexia is an awesome reading program! I have really noticed a huge improvement in my student's phonemic awareness skills, phonics skills, and sight word knowledge. The children love working on Lexia and can't wait to go on it the next time.”

–Shelly Neer, Reading Specialist, Lakeview Elementary, Little Elm, TX

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.”

– Melissa Petrey, Reviewer, The Kid’s Domain

“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.”

– Thomas W. Needham, Headmaster, The Carroll School, an internationally known school for children with reading disabilities in Lincoln, MA

“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.”

– Tom Sayers, Special Education Program Leader, Parker Memorial School, Tolland, CT

“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!”

– Janis Maliszewski, IT Director at Murkland Elementary School, Lowell, MA

“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.”

– Ms. Lisa Johnstone, 1st grade teacher, Oak Hill Episcopal School, Ardmore, OK

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.”

– Theresa, Grant, MI

“I wish I had it when I was younger. It would have helped me tremendously. It can still help me.”

– Ronnie Gensler, student, age 17

“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.”

– Rachel Denrich, student, age 17, Owings Mills, MD

“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.”

– Jeanette and Martyn Stanley, New Zealand

“Since we started using Lexia software, students progress at a much faster pace. Some have skipped entire books in our curriculum!”

– Elaine Cheesman, Director, Read to Succeed, an adult literacy program in Hartford, CT

“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 1 semester.”

– J. Lawson / A. Greggerson, Reading Specialist and Teacher, Grades 9 – 12, El Paso, TX

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.”

– Geralyn M., parent, New Albany, OH

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.”

– Andrea Figueroa, Teacher, Vilas Elementary School, Austin, TX