Ramp-Up Literacy is producing myriad results. It is helping schools raise test scores, close achievement gaps, meet Adequate Yearly Progress, prepare students for middle and high school coursework, advance students into the college preparation curriculum, and reduce dropout rates.

Students in Ramp-Up Literacy exceed expected gains and achieve significantly more than comparable students not enrolled in the Ramp-Up course.

State Results

• Arkansas 6th graders in Ramp-Up Literacy exceeded expected gains with test results that showed acceleration beyond one year’s growth.

District Results

• Thousands of middle and high school students are enrolled in Ramp-Up Literacy in New York City, the nation’s biggest school system. A large sampling of 6th and 9th graders showed that students exceeded expected growth expectations from the pre-test at the beginning of the school year to the post-test at year’s end.

• Jefferson County School District in Kentucky, which includes Louisville, adopted Ramp-Up Literacy for 18 of its 21 high schools. The urban district’s focus on literacy for striving readers resulted in statistically significant improvements and stronger growth on reading and language assessments for Ramp-Up Literacy students compared with a control group of students.

School Results

• Woodland High School in Georgia adopted Ramp-Up Literacy for 9th graders to head off a surge in dropouts in the upper grades. Ramp-Up students outperformed the state on Georgia’s end-of-course tests in literature and composition. The suburban school credits Ramp-Up Literacy and other America’s Choice solutions with helping students stay in school, pass graduation tests, and increase graduation rates.