Case Study: Maxine Waters Employment Preparation boosts adult literacy and family outcomes with ReadTheory

Increasing Adult Literacy Skills to Lift Families Out of Poverty

The customer is an adult ESL education program serving a marginalized community in Los Angeles, seeking a better way for its students to improve English literacy. The instructor found that students were using inadequate online resources, and existing programs were too limited. He needed a flexible, self-directed online learning solution and chose ReadTheory.

ReadTheory provided a platform that allowed students to complete unlimited reading comprehension quizzes at their own pace. This solution led to measurable literacy growth, with one student advancing from a 1st to a 3rd grade reading level and another increasing her Lexile score by over 200 points. ReadTheory also became a predictor for student promotion and was adopted by students to help their own children improve their reading, demonstrating a multiplier effect on literacy within families.

Maxine Waters Employment Preparation

Kevin Jordan

Teacher