Our Students Aren't Learning New test data for RI students is out and it isn't good. Both literacy and math scores are troubling, staying flat for math and dipping below last year’s results for literacy. According to The Providence Journal 1, only 30.8% of elementary and middle school students are meeting grade-level expectations in English Language Arts (ELA). That’s 2.3% lower than last year … [Read more...]
Mena’s Story
This is "Mena". She is in the fifth grade in a Rhode Island public school. She couldn't read. But Mena is very lucky. How is that possible? Read on... It takes a good advocate, the right approach, and financial support... Mena's mother is a strong advocate for her daughter and knew that Mena needed help to learn to read and write. She speaks Spanish primarily and she described how this was a … [Read more...]
Mya’s Story
Meet Mya This earnest-looking young lady with the big, soulful eyes is Mya. We met her back in 2020. She attends a local parochial school, but she is persistently behind her peers academically. Her mom found RITES, learned that we have a financial assistance program, and applied. In 2020, we were able to take Mya off the waitlist and offer her one-to-one tutoring with multisensory, systematic … [Read more...]
What Is Dyslexia and Why Are Dyslexia Programs Helpful?
By Lisa Bigney M.A., M.Ed, RITES Co-Director, Certified Dyslexia Interventionist What is Dyslexia? Is your child among the approximately 20% of the population who struggle to read? If so, your child may have dyslexia. Dyslexia is a type of learning difference that makes it difficult to learn to read, write and spell, despite normal intelligence and sufficient instruction. Dyslexia is … [Read more...]
Structured Literacy
What Is Structured Literacy? Structured Literacy approaches emphasize highly explicit and systematic teaching of all crucial literacy components. Instruction begins with foundational skills, such as decoding and spelling. Then, teaching continues with higher-level literacy skills, such as reading comprehension and written expression. This approach supports explicit, sequential, systematic, … [Read more...]
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