Fresno Unified School District
California, Elementary School Results, Middle School Results, Reading, Response to Intervention, Seeing Stars, Special Education, Spelling, Summer School, Tier 3
During the 2026 Summer School, Lindamood-Bell partnered with Fresno Unified School District 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. Fresno USD implemented Lindamood-Bell instruction to address 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 several measures, including Symbol Imagery, Word Attack, and Word Recognition. 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.
