The Academy of Math and Academy of Reading programs are implemented in several elementary grades. All students in grades 3 & 5 participate in the Academy of Math, and all students in grade 4 participate in the Academy of Reading. Select students in grades 1 & 2 are also enrolled in the programs. The programs are intended to aid students in the areas of Reading and Math. Pleae read the program descriptions below.Academy of Reading
The Academy of Reading program is a unique, process-oriented, self-adapting path to skill improvements in reading. According to statistics, in as few as ten weeks, the computer-based Academy of Reading program yields average gains of more than two grade levels. Students learn at their own pace, guided through a series of reading lessons and instruction designed especially for them, moving gradually to more complex tasks that test cumulative development.
The Academy of Reading program is designed to set students up for success. This is accomplished using an assessment to target specific subskills that may be holding a particular student back. The results place each student in one of three groups:
- S-scanning/sequencing
- Students experience difficulty in scanning words on a page.
- A-auditory/visual
- Students have trouble connecting specific sounds with what they see.
- O-oral expression
- Students struggle with pronunciation and may have a slow speech pattern.
Identifying specific challenges to success allows the student to focus on those reading areas and allows the program to tailor comprehensive reading exercises and instruction for that student's needs. This adaptability increases the rate of success by providing intervention, offering acceleration and developing automaticity. The result is a confidence that extends to all areas of learning.
Passport Learning's Academy of Reading is a guided, comprehensive approach to reading instruction backed by over twenty years of research, and it is intended to be used right alongside the materials we are already using.
Academy of Math
The Academy of Math is a computer-based instruction program designed to supplement and reinforce key mathematical concepts introduced in the classroom, therefore enabling educators to help struggling students achieve computational fluency and improve their mathematical instincts. Its unique, process-oriented, self-adapting path to skill improvement in mathematics yields average gains of more that two grade levels in its student users. The goal: to provide our educators with a powerful intervention software solution for improving math comprehension that is well-suited to the needs of our elementary students.
The academy of Math's lively interative software program is based on four fundamental learning principles designed for improving math comprehension through targeted instruction:
- Accurate Placement: The program begins by determining the most appropriate starting point for every student, suggesting an effective intervention strategy in each case.
- Individualized Learning: Students work at their own pace, according to their own abilities, receiving constant feedback to motivate and encourage their progress.
- Skills Progression: Proceeding skill by skill, students advance to the next stage of learning only when they have achieved mathematical proficiency at the preceding level.
- Comprehensive Curriculum: From absolute beginner to basic high-school math, the program allows students to backtrack as far as they need to in order to fill in "skills gaps" and to accelerate ahead as their proficiency improves. The result goes beyond simple homework assistance to truly improve math comprehension in terms of real, grade-level advancement.
How it works:
Students learn at their own pace through a series of lessons designed especially for them, moving gradually to more complex tasks that test cumulative development. This method ensures that successes and challenges are quickly highlighted; so that students' progress can be easily tracked.
The software contains eight intervention levels, correlated with the fundamental skills for proficiency identified in the Content Standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). Each level includes the following subjects: numeration, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, equations, measurement, geometry, and graphing.
Interactive and engaging, the Academyof Math makes the learning process a captivating one, maintaining students' focus and encouraging meaningful time on task.