Orange Public Schools
3rd - 5th, Comprehension, Connecticut, Elementary School Results, English Learners, General Education, Memory, Reading, Response to Intervention, RtI, Special Education, SPED Exits, Summer School, Tier 3, Visualizing and Verbalizing
During the Spring 2026 semester, Lindamood-Bell partnered with Orange Public Schools to provide extensive job-embedded professional development including initial workshops, asynchronous coursework, and live, fully interactive support sessions to help teachers build capacity and maintain fidelity. Orange Public Schools implemented Lindamood- Bell instruction to address the specific needs of students in the district struggling with comprehension. 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, Visualizing and Verbalizing students achieved significant improvements in comprehension. They made large standard score changes on all expected measures – Comprehension and Vocabulary. Additionally, the eighteen-point percentile increase in Comprehension put these students within the normal range (25th-75th percentile). Their pre- to posttest results3rd – 5th results illustrate that implementation of Lindamood-Bell’s professional development model can lead to significant improvement in comprehension, which is essential to achieving success with school curricula.
