Case Study: Holman Middle School achieves 2.7 reading level gains with Discovery Education's Reading Plus

Holman Middle School boosts reading by 2.7 levels with Discovery Education

Holman Middle School, part of the Pattonville School District, sought to provide a rigorous education and help its students reach grade-level reading targets. Their challenge was to monitor student progress and motivate them to become lifelong readers. To address this, the school partnered with vendor Discovery Education and implemented its Reading Plus program as a major component of its reading classes.

Discovery Education's Reading Plus solution provided personalized learning through its dashboards, allowing teachers to tailor lessons and students to track their own progress and set goals. The program's implementation led to significant measurable impact; students averaged 2.7 reading level gains in the 2021-22 school year. Discovery Education's tool was credited with changing the school's teaching focus to daily goal setting, which increased student ownership, engagement, and motivation.

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