12/10/2024

Lexia® PowerUp Literacy® Efficacy Research

Lexia® PowerUp Literacy® is a blended learning program for students in grades 6–12. PowerUp is designed to accelerate literacy gains, whether students are several grade levels behind or show some risk of not meeting College- and Career-Ready Standards.

PowerUp is continually updated to meet guidelines for inclusivity principles drawn from the literature on culturally responsive pedagogy. As a blended learning program, PowerUp integrates online activities with offline instruction. PowerUp simultaneously addresses gaps in fundamental literacy skills while building higher-order analytical skills to accelerate learning across a broad range of skills and enable students to access grade-level content

Lexia® is dedicated to conducting rigorous scientific research to demonstrate the efficacy of its programs. This document summarizes 12 research studies that constitute the evidence base for PowerUp. Included are early studies on the precursor to PowerUp—Lexia Strategies for Older Students (S.O.S.)—together with more recent empirical studies on PowerUp. Seven of the 12 studies on PowerUp are peer-reviewed publications. Of these published studies, three meet the highest standards of Strong evidence for an educational intervention described by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

The studies summarized in this report provide robust and diverse evidence that PowerUp is effective at improving literacy outcomes for students. Download a copy to see detailed information about each study, including links to the original publications where available.