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RICAS Scores Dropping, Students Not Learning: What Can Be Done?

RICAS Scores Dropping, Students Not Learning: What Can Be Done?

Our Students Aren’t Learning New test data for RI students is out and it isn’t good. RICAS scores for literacy and math are troubling, staying flat for math and dipping below last year’s results for literacy. According to The Providence Journal (1), only 30.8% of...
School Success: Key Questions to Ask

School Success: Key Questions to Ask

These key questions open the pathway for your child’s school success The new school year is underway. Students, teachers, and parents have settled back into the regular routine (for the most part). It’s time to check in. Do you know how your child is doing? Do you...
Mena’s Story

Mena’s Story

This is “Mena”. She is in the fifth grade in a Rhode Island public school. She couldn’t read. But Mena is very lucky. How is that possible? Read on… It takes a good advocate, the right approach, and financial support… Mena’s mother...
Middle School Study Skills and Test Prep Secrets from RITES

Middle School Study Skills and Test Prep Secrets from RITES

RITES Proven Study Skills Approach = Better Grades and Improved Test Scores Why Do Middle School Study Skills Matter? Good organization and study skills impact not just academic performance, but employment prospects and job success down the road. Someone who already...
What Is Dyslexia and Why Are Dyslexia Programs Helpful?

What Is Dyslexia and Why Are Dyslexia Programs Helpful?

By Lisa Bigney M.A., M.Ed, RITES Co-Director, Certified Dyslexia Interventionist What is Dyslexia? Is your child among the approximately 20% of the population who struggle to read?  If so, your child may have dyslexia. Dyslexia is a type of learning difference that...
Structured Literacy

Structured Literacy

What Is Structured Literacy? Structured Literacy approaches emphasize highly explicit and systematic teaching of all crucial literacy components. Instruction begins with foundational skills, such as decoding and spelling. Then, teaching continues with higher-level...