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Program Overview: Student Populations

Special EducationEnglish Language LearnersLexile® BR-400

Special Education

Eric, 9th Grade
In danger of dropping out


Eric is a 9th grader who has never experienced success in school and is in danger of dropping out. Referred for intensive reading intervention, Eric was given the Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) and scored as a Beginning Reader (BR) on the Lexile framework.

English Language Learners

Jose, 7th Grade
A recent immigrant with limited English

Jose is a recent immigrant to the United States. Possessing limited oral language in English, he experienced interrupted schooling in his native country and never received formal instruction in phonics in his first language.

BR–400 Lexile®

Tiffany, 4th Grade
Identified as “word caller”


Tiffany has been identified by her teacher as a "word caller." Possessing a prodigious sight word vocabulary, she often appears accurate and fluent when asked to read orally. However, when she encounters a word she does not know, she has no tools for decoding it.