Wyoming Students Receiving Lindamood-Bell Instruction Outperform Comparison Students in Reading

Elementary School Results, Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), Seeing Stars, Visualizing and Verbalizing, Wyoming

Laramie County School District #1 in Laramie, Wyoming, serves a large percentage of students who are at-risk of reading failure. During the 2013-14 school year, Laramie implemented Lindamood-Bell® instruction to address the specific needs of this student population. Students received an average of 90, 92, and 87 hours of Lindamood-Bell instruction, in grades 2-4 respectively. Instruction was delivered by Laramie teachers who received professional development in the Lindamood-Bell programs. Student gains were measured with a reading assessment and were compared to gains made by students in the district who did not receive Lindamood-Bell instruction.

Results
On average, Lindamood-Bell students achieved significantly greater improvements than comparison students in reading. The results of this study illustrate that Lindamood-Bell instruction in the Lindamood-Bell programs lead to improved reading, which is essential to achieving success with school curricula.

Profile
Number of Students:
·  Lindamood-Bell: 2nd = 106, 3rd = 46, 4th = 40
·  Comparison: 2nd = 952, 3rd = 904, 4th = 955
Lindamood-Bell Programs Implemented:
·  Seeing Stars®
·  Visualizing and Verbalizing®
Outcome Measures: Measures of Academic Progress (reading)