A professional development company that provides web-based literacy programs to schools in all boroughs of New York City as well as Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties. We provide a continuum of services designed to promote the most efficient and effective use of Reading Plus and Maxscholar, while building a supportive school climate necessary for fidelity and sustained student success.
Schools may select our specialized professional development to customize appropriate training for staff in all areas of reading proficiency. Additionally, schools receive weekly remote program monitoring, e-mail and phone support.
Reading Plus is the leading national web-based silent reading intervention program that changes the way students read. It is aligned with the NYS common core standards and has helped thousands of elementary, middle and high school students reach grade level proficiency in reading.
Reading Plus assesses and differentiates students strengths and weaknesses. It assigns and dynamically adjusts training components to improve visual skills, vocabulary development, silent reading fluency and comprehension. The motivation to read is encouraged and supported through gaming features and first grade through college level text.
Maxscholar is a comprehensive, multi-sensory, phonics, reading and language-based program. In addition to general education, Maxscholar is specifically designed to help students who have Dyslexia, learning disabilities, ADHD, processing problems, or who are struggling to learn to read.
Maxscholar programs are systematic, explicit and multi-sensory. They are based on the research methods of the Orton-Gillingham approach, the Lindamood-Bell Process©, and other phonics and reading comprehension strategies. The programs are fully adaptable to students Pre-K through college.
OUR SCHOOLS
Academy for College Prep & Career
AESEC Library
Beacon High School
Glenham Elementary
JV Forrestal Elementary
Sargent Elementary
South Ave Elementary
Bedford Hills Elementary
Bedford Village Elementary
Fox Lane MS
Pound Ridge Elementary
West Patent Elementary
Bronx Collaborative High School
Bronx Envision Academy
Bronx International HS
Brooklyn Collegiate
Brooklyn International
Capital Prep Harlem
Celia Cruz Bronx HS of Music
Center for Discovery
Cobble Hill School for American Studies
Community Health Academy of the Heights
Community School for Social Justice
Comp Sci High School
East Fordham Academy for the Arts
Great Oaks Charter NYC
Harry Truman High School
HS for Law and Public Service
International @ Union Square
International Community HS
International HS at Prospect Heights
International HS at Laguardia
International HS at Union Square
International HS for Health Science
IS 141 The Steinway
IS 206 X
IS 318 Eugenio Maria
IS 339
IS 340
IS 392K The School for Gifted and Talented
Manhattan Bridges HS
Manhattan International HS
Maplebrook School
Metro Lighthouse Charter
MS 126 John Ericsson School
MS 246 Walt Whitman
Multicultural High School
Pan Am Queens
PS 139 K
PS 196 Ten Eyck
PS 21 Crispus Attucks
PS 230 Doris L. Cohen
PS 268 Emma Lazarus
PS 273 Worthman
PS 309
PS 315
PS 36 Margaret Douglass
PS 91 The Albany Ave School
PS/IS 87 Middle Village
Queen of the Rosary
Red Hook High School
Red Hook Middle School
Rye Middle School
South Bronx Int MS
Summit Academy Charter
Union Square Academy
Union Vale Middle School