Students in the Pocatello/Chubbuck (ID) School District 25 made significant gains in reading achievement after using Scientific Learning Corporation's (NASDAQ:SCIL - News) Fast ForWord® software intervention, according to a recent study. 65% of the students attained a reading performance level of "proficient" or higher after using the Fast ForWord products -- more than double the previous level of 31%.
In addition, students made significant improvements, increasing their average reading grade-equivalent by 17 months in just four months.
This study comes on the heels of two previous studies conducted in the district that demonstrated significant and enduring gains in reading achievement and learning.
"The Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 continues to demonstrate that using multiple Fast ForWord products quickly strengthen their students' foundational cognitive skills, enabling them to better benefit from the classroom curriculum," said Robert C. Bowen, Chairman and CEO of Scientific Learning.
Study participants included 282 students in eight schools in the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25, and the study was conducted during the 2005-2006 school year. Participants were in the third through tenth grades and most were evaluated with the Idaho Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) before and after Fast ForWord participation; others were assessed with the Woodcock-McGrew-Werder Mini-Battery of Achievement (MBA).
About the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25
The Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 is a grade K through 12 urban district with 23 schools serving nearly 12,000 students in southeastern Idaho.
About Scientific Learning Corporation
Scientific Learning produces the patented Fast ForWord® family of products, a series of computer-delivered intervention products that build learning capacity by developing the neurocognitive skills required to read and learn effectively. These foundational skills are built through a series of brain-based exercises that create fast, effective, and enduring results. Based on more than 30 years of neuroscience and cognitive research, the Fast ForWord products use patented technology and applications of validated neuroscience principles to help children, adolescents, and adults build the language and reading skills widely recognized as the keys to all learning.
The exercises align with the scientifically based reading-research guidelines and the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. The efficacy of the products has been confirmed by more than 200 independent research studies.
Source: Scientific Learning Corporation
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