8/28/2024

Literacy Success For Newcomers With Lexia English + Core5

Challenge: A growing English Learner population, many of whom are newcomers.

Solution: Lexia English Language Development + Lexia Core5 Reading

With limited visibility into timely student performance, especially for English Learners, district administrators are seeking better tools to both inform decision-making and improve student literacy.

Taylor Stewart, a K–5 ESL teacher, and Kathleen Brinson, a multilingual teacher and refugee school impact coordinator, have the solution: Integrating Lexia English Language Development™ before and alongside Lexia® Core5® Reading.

“Our district started using Core5 several years ago, and then Kathleen and I piloted Lexia English—and we loved it,” Stewart said. 

Like Core5, Lexia English is now in use districtwide.

Meet Students Where They Are

At Stewart’s and Brinson’s schools, students often arrive directly from their home country and have no experience speaking English. They’re overwhelmed. They’re learning a new language, in a new school, and they don’t have the background, experiences, or word-recognition skills to be able to read.

Students using Lexia English get to ease into listening and speaking to build a foundation for later reading proficiency. When they reach Level 3 in Lexia English, or around the two-year mark, Stewart and Brinson start integrating Core5 a few days each week. They continue to move up as they progress, supported by both products.

Using Lexia English in combination with Core5 allows these educators to meet a broader range of needs across the board. “By using both, we’re giving our students everything they need. Not just phonics, not just vocabulary—they need an opportunity to practice listening, reading, writing, and especially speaking independently and then have lessons to build those skills,” Brinson said.

Real-Time Reporting

Like Core5, Lexia English provides real-time student progress data reporting through myLexia®, empowering educators and administrators to make informed decisions and accelerate learning. This dual, data-driven approach is key to improving student literacy and test scores in both the short and long term. 

Success in Action: See why Stewart and Brinson love Lexia English, and how they implemented both programs with success.