Seeing Stars Instruction Yields Significant Reading Gains at Warrenton Grade School
Oregon, Reading, Seeing Stars, Spelling
During the 2025-2026 school year, Lindamood-Bell partnered with Warrenton Grade School to provide extensive job embedded professional development including initial workshops, asynchronous coursework, and fully interactive support sessions to help teachers build capacity and maintain fidelity. Warrenton Grade School in Warrenton, OR, implemented Lindamood-Bell instruction to ddress the specific needs of struggling readers in the district. Intensive, small-group instruction was provided by district staff in the programs developed by Lindamood-Bell’s founders. Student gains were measured with a battery of reading assessments.


RESULTS
On average, Seeing Stars students achieved significant improvements in reading. They made large standard score changes on all measures. Additionally, the 29-point percentile increase in symbol imagery put these students within the normal range (25th- 75th percentile). Their pre- to posttest results were statistically significant on all measures. These results illustrate that implementation of Lindamood-Bell’s professional development model can lead to significant improvement in reading, which is essential to achieving success with school curricula.
