9/8/2024

The Adolescent Literacy Solution: Infusing Literacy Into Every Content Area

Challenge: Students in older grades are still reading below grade level. 

Solution: Lexia Aspire® Professional Learning and Lexia® PowerUp Literacy®

When Tiffany Goodman started at Friendship Public Charter Schools in Washington, D.C., as director of multi-tiered systems of support in 2023, the majority of middle and high school students were reading below grade level. 

The district implemented Lexia PowerUp Literacy, but Goodman knew she wanted more. According to teacher performance data and evaluations, some teachers were being rated as highly effective on the district’s instructional rubric—but student scores were still low. Goodman recognized a disconnect—the need for professional learning that would support intervention efforts and reinforce literacy skills across content classrooms. 

In her intervention plan, Goodman focused on setting her secondary school educators up for success with science of reading-based professional learning. For that, she turned to Lexia Aspire Professional Learning.  

Based on the science of reading, Aspire is designed to meet the needs of all educators teaching students in grades 4–8, from the content-area and classroom educators to interventionists and ELA educators.

“Lexia Aspire is just amazing. It directly aligns to the goals we have in the district for the science of reading—it exceeded our expectations,” Goodman said. 

Now, one year into a four-year science of reading implementation plan, Goodman’s story is an example of a thorough and flexible implementation that has both administrators and educators looking forward to the following year.  

See what she has to say about implementing Lexia Aspire for educators to support student progress in Lexia PowerUp across all secondary schools.