Case Study: Panther Valley Elementary School boosts literacy and decoding skills with 95 Percent Group

Panther Valley Elementary School boosts 1st-grade decoding from 20% to 70% with 95 Percent Group Inc.

Panther Valley Elementary School, a Title I school in Pennsylvania, faced a significant challenge as its students were not making progress in foundational literacy skills under a balanced literacy approach. Principal Robert Palazzo recognized the program was failing, with weekly assessments consuming instruction time and teachers unable to articulate student progress. Seeking a change, the school turned to vendor 95 Percent Group for a solution grounded in the science of reading.

95 Percent Group implemented its One95 Literacy Ecosystem, including the 95 Phonics Core Program as the core curriculum and the 95 Phonics Chip Kit for intervention. This provided explicit, systematic phonics instruction with a common language across all tiers. The results were dramatic: the percentage of 1st graders decoding on grade level increased by 250% in five months. Across all grades, the number of students mastering skills soared while those reading far below grade level plummeted, confirming the powerful impact of the vendor's solution.

Panther Valley Elementary School