4/1/2020

Boosting Adolescent Students’ Career and College Readiness

Administrators, read the infographic, Boosting Adolescent Students’ Career and College Readiness.

To succeed in a fast-paced global economy, students need strong literacy skills. Literacy is one of the most critical components of academic and future success, but far too many students are leaving high school without the reading and writing skills they need to thrive in college, careers, and beyond.

• Only 34% of eighth grade students are reading proficiently, according to the NAEP Nation’s Report Card.
• Only 15% of Black, 22% of Hispanic, and 20% of free or reduced cost lunch-eligible eighth grade students were found to be proficient in reading.
• Poor literacy skills are correlated with higher dropout rates, poverty, crime, and unemployment.
• Employers and college instructors alike say students are not prepared, with notable gaps in reading and writing skills.

But it is not too late. Your school and your district can turn it all around with Lexia® PowerUp Literacy®.

Find out how PowerUp accelerates literacy gains for students in grades 6–12 who are at risk of not meeting College- and Career-Ready Standards.

For more information, or if you have any questions, why not contact us today? Start to turn your students’ futures around.