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Beat Grade Retention by Improving Reading Comprehension

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Parents, Beat Grade Retention for Your Child

Grade retention has become a political tool to end social promotion, but …

In the Reluctant Reader, Jane E David wrote about “What Research Shows About Grade Retention”  There is precious little in the literature that supports grade retention, but …

the new and much higher standards has resulted in far more grade retention.

The good news is that most grade retention is avoidable.  Shift the focus to …

Improving Reading Comprehension, This Will Often Avoid Grade Retention

In almost every grade retention case we are aware of, the student’s reading comprehension was 1, 2 and even 2.5 years below grade level.  In 21 years, we have not met one student who was retained when the student’s reading comprehension was at or even close to grade level.

We believe in a 3 step process to improve your child’s reading comprehension.

Start with the Mindset that success is the only option.  Then you want to ….

Assess for Success.  Too often grade retention happens when the student is really struggling at the end of the year or fails a specific test.  The  four steps we recommend are:

  • Find out if your child is a visual learner, who learns best when he or she sees and experiences information.  A visual learner is at far greater risk for grade retention, because they do not learn the way the school teaches
  • Assess for underlying processing challenge.  This could include auditory or visual processing, attention, anxiety, processing speed, working memory, or related challenges
  • Work with your child’s school to get everyone on board to get your child back to grade level

You will want to …

Find an outside professional to help you get your child to grade level or above

We have helped many students to avoid grade retention and to get back to grade level or above.  We offer two no cost services:

1- Take our Success Assessment with your child — their answers may surprise you.  You will get immediate feedback.  Then you can call us for a

2- Stress to Success Strategy Session at 561-361-7495

or, just call us at 3D Learner at 561-361-7495, where

Success Starts NOW!!!

 

Improve Reading Comprehension for Your Middle School Child

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Improve reading comprehension – this should be a top priority for the many middle schoolers who are 2, 3, 4 and sometimes even 5 years below grade level in reading comprehension.

In Florida, middle school students who scored below grade level on the English Language Assessment or the Math Assessment were required to take remedial classes. The focus was to help students improve reading comprehension and math skills. The downside was the kids were losing electives, not making the desired gains and frustrating students and parents. As a result,

The Florida Legislature Passed a New Law

The Florida Legislature and Governor passed a law that allows a parent to decline these courses. See page 11 on the Florida Department of Education discussion on House Bill 7069.

The Legislature Did Respond to Parent Frustration, but there is still a need to

Improve Reading Comprehension for Florida Middle School Students

Florida has received accolades for their 4th Grade Reading NAEP scores — that are 4 points above the national average. The challenge is that by 8th grade Florida students are below the national average.

We Must Improve Reading Comprehension for Middle Schoolers

Great 4th Grade Results – Bad 8th Grade Results — Parents Must Act

Florida’s better than average 4th grade results are probably attributable to a focus on the early grades and other factors that are often not discussed including:

  • Third Grade Retention policies mean the lowest 10 percent of the third grade class spends an extra year in third grade and does somewhat better in 4th grade
  • The McKay Scholarship allows a number of parents to move their child to private school at public expense — if their child has an IEP or 504 Plan
  • Many parents are choosing to home school their child

Taking Away Remediate Does Not Improve Reading Comprehension

The challenge is we now see high school students who are now 4, 5, 6 and even more years below grade level in their reading comprehension. We agree that school based remediation programs are both frustrating and deprive students their option of taking electives. but

the challenge is that this now shifts the need from schools to parents to improve their child’s reading comprehension.

We hit this exact wall 25 years ago. Mira Halpert,M.Ed., then developed the 3D Learner Program that helped our daughter to improve her reading comprehension 4.2 grade levels in 7 months, and we have

had other students who made 3,4 and even 5 years gains in their reading comprehension within 6 months. The key is their parents chose to make the difference. Specifically, we would like to share …

Three key points:

1- For the middle or high school student who is behind in their reading comprehension the gap widens. It also directly impacts grades, test scores and prospects for colleges and careers.

2- For a program to work for middle and high school students, it needs to engage the child. It also needs to identify and address the relevant attention, eye-teaming, working memory, processing speed and/or anxiety challenges that often impact these students

3- As a parent, it is up to you to find the right resources to help your child.

3D Learner has helped hundreds of middle and high school students to make dramatic gains in their reading speed and comprehension, their year to learn, and their ability to succeed in high school, college and beyond

To find out more either:

  • Take our Success Assessment with your child. It screens for a learning difference and for attention, eye-teaming and anxiety challenges. This no cost assessment may help your child and you to understand their potential and what is holding your child back. You will get immediate feedback and then you can call us at 561-361-7495 for an Improve Reading Comprehension Strategy Session or
  • Call us at 561-361-7495

Brain Training with an Integrated Process

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3D Learner Brain Training recognizes that many students struggle with attention, working memory, processing speed, visual processing and/or anxiety challenges. What makes our assessment and Brain Training unique is that we:

  • Assess for all these factors
  • Address them with a natural, integrated and effective program
  • Include Executive Function Coaching as an integral part of what we do – we help the students to improve working memory, attention and impulse control  We also show students how to be more flexible in their thinking and to be better organized.

Does your child:

  • Have difficulty paying attention to that which is boring?
  • Process information slowly?
  • Skip words and/or lines when reading?
  • Get anxious when taking tests or tackling difficult tasks?

3D Learner Brain Training recognizes that:

  • Many parents want to address their child’s attention issues with natural and effective methods. The Interactive Metronome (R) is an excellent tool to identify and address attention and self-control challenges.   The seven key advantages of what we do are:
    • Our process often helps both parents to see how their child loses focus.   This often results in parents being on the same page.   
    • The results are can be significant. watch the why IM Video. 
    • Our parents report the results happen within weeks and are still there years later.  Once they see the results, parents often …
    • Speak with their child’s physician about reducing the ADHD medication.  Even better, many parents are able to avoid ADHD medication
    • Schools often report better attention and behavior and
    • Students often report better attention, improved reading fluency and better athletic performance and
    • The anxiety and stress at home is often reduced.
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  • Process speed challenges are often the result of eye-teaming challenges.  Many students read very slowly and this impacts test scores, how long homework takes and it takes the joy out of reading.  We have often been able to improve reading speed by 50, 75 and even 100% with increased comprehension
  • The Visagraph (R) is an excellent tool to identify eye-teaming challenges.  These challenges impact reading, copying skills, athletic skills and life.
  • Attention, eye-teaming, working memory, processing speed and anxiety can be addressed with natural, integrated and effective tools

3D Learner Integrates Multiple Brain Training Tools

Other companies do one or two of the processes we use. Parents have been delighted with our ability to identify and address attention, self-control, eye-teaming, processing speed, working memory and anxiety challenges.  Note, one optometrist commented that with our Brain Training exercises, his patients accomplished their vision therapy goals in half the time.  This can save thousands of dollars.

Below are two videos that show:

  • How we identify and address attention and self-control challenges with the Interactive Metronome (R) and
  • How we use the Visagraph (R) to identify eye-teaming challenges and to show progress.

For more information on 3D Learner Brain Training, call us at 561-361-7495.

Brain Training and Academic Skills Training

Parents often call us requesting braining training or academic skills training. We can do one or both.

We do offer two different Focus Assessments:

1- The assesses your child’s reading comprehension, attention, working memory, processing speed and eye-teaming, and

2- One that addresses attention, working memory, processing speed and eye-teaming.

For more information call 3D Learner at 561-361-7495

 

For Your Visual Learner – The Best School Year Ever

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A visual learner often struggles, even when he or she is really smart.  At 3D Learner …

Our clients often are a visual learner and they have their Best School Year Ever.

One of our goals for the 2019-2020 school year is to help your child have the Best School Year Ever — whether you work with us or not.

Does your child remember places visited, even from years ago?

Does your child learn best when he or she sees and experiences information?

Is your child a lot smarter than present results would indicate?

If you answered yes to these questions, your child is probably a visual learner. These are the students we help.

We are launching our Best School Year Ever campaign with a Facebook Live Challenge August 12th through 19th. The first four sessions will be on Monday thru Thursday nights August 12th through the 15th at 9 pm EDST. The final session will be Monday night August 12th at 9 pm EDST.

Watch our video to better understand the 5-DAY PARENT CHALLENGE to make this the Best School Year Ever For Your Visual Learner.

 

5 Key Goals for Our Facebook Challenge to Make This a Great Year for Your Visual Learner & You

1- Why your child may be struggling, despite a massive investment of time and money.

2- To discover if your child learns differently. Your child may be a visual learner, who works best when he or she sees and experiences information. It changes everything, when you understand your child’s strengths. If you have not already done so, you can do our Success Assessment. It screens for the visual learner and for attention and eye-teaming challenges. Do this assessment with your child — if necessary read the questions to them. The Success Assessment often asks questions you have never considered.

3- Parents often work with schools to set goals. In our challenge, we will explain why these goals often limit the gains your child makes. We will discuss how BOLD Goals are  critical to the Best Year Ever.

4- There are some hidden challenges and solutions. These include:

  • Eye-teaming issues are often not identified and when they are identified they are often not addressed and …
  • Anxiety is a huge issue — and while counseling may help, we find that improving your child’s ability to manage stress and boosting your child’s self-esteem work well
  • We have seen this quote posted often online
For Your Visual Learner - Teach to Their Strengths

Your Visual Learner Can Have Their Best School Year Ever

                    

We will share why your child will benefit from teaching to his or her strengths and by identifying and addressing the relevant challenges. Then we will share a specific process to have …

5- The Best School Year Ever with a well documented plan. We will provide a Pathway to Success — this is specifically designed to help you to:

  • Plan for the next few weeks and to …
  • Put actions in place over the next 4 months to make it happen and to …
  • Have a year long plan

Sign-Up and Put Your Child on His or Her Pathway to Success

We will be providing valuable information on both Facebook and Youtube. We encourage you to:

Note, there will be a special offer made to those parents who attend all 5 nights of our Facebook Challenge. Subscribe to the challenge now, and feel free to share with friends, family and others

 

Dyslexia Treatment for the Visual Learner

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Mom was looking for a dyslexia treatment. The psychologist had recommended a traditional dyslexia treatment, a more expensive dyslexia treatment. She had also suggested mom check out 3D Learner. She added that we were what she would call a non-traditional dyslexia treatment She said but two of her students had done very well with 3D Learner. She added that 3D Learner’s expertise is with the visual learner with dyslexia – and that her daughter appeared to be just that. Dr. Linda Silverman calls these students visual-spatial learners — this article describes the student we are discussing — the visual learner with dyslexia.

Dyslexia Tutor Visual Learner with Dyslexia

Dyslexia Treatment for the Visual Learner with Dyslexia

Mom called us and we asked a few questions.

1- What are you most concerned about?

2- What do you really want for your child from a dyslexia treatment?

3- What is your child really good at?

Mom’s Concerns About a Dyslexia Treatment

Mom said that one thing that concerned her was her child might find rebel the other dyslexia tutor frustrating. Mom had tried a home dyslexia program and phonics really frustrated her child.

Mom also said she was concerned about the lack of focus on reading comprehension with the other dyslexia tutor. She realized reading fluently was important, but mom’s primary concern was comprehension.

Her daughter’s anxiety at home and at school was a real concern. Her daughter was complaining about a lot of things and anxiety appeared to be the biggest challenge.

Opportunities with our non-traditional 3D Learner Dyslexia Treatment

Dramatically improving her daughter’s reading comprehension and love for learning were mom’s top desire.

Reducing the anxiety and boosting self-esteem were right up there

Freeing up time for sports and music were important to her mom. Homework time and stress were consuming far too much time

Strengths

We asked if her child was good at:

  • Remembering places visited, even from years ago?
  • Learning best when she saw and experienced information?
  • Loved to learn when she was engaged in the process?

Mom said, “Yes, but how did you know that?

The vast majority of students with dyslexia we see are also visual learners. At 3D Learner, one of our strengths is helping the visual learner with dyslexia succeed. We teach the way our student’s learn best; we identify and address their challenges; and our focus is on improving reading comprehension and the love for learning; reducing anxiety and building self-esteem; and freeing up the time for a child to enjoy being a kid.

The good news is that we have helped students as young as Kindergarten all the way through high school to succeed.

To learn more you can:

  • Take our Success Assessment with your child. This screens for their being a visual learner and for attention, eye-teaming and anxiety challenges. Your child’s answers may surprise you and help you to understand why your smart child is struggling. Click her to access our Success Assessment
  • Call us at 561-361-7495

Visual Learner with Dyslexia – Parents Have Choices

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A visual learner with dyslexia is a term that describes a student who has dyslexia and is a visual learner. That is he or she learns best when they see and experience information.

We had previously done several dyslexia programs, but reading comprehension was still an issue.   The defining moment came when our then 8th grade daughter was told she was not college material, because her reading comprehension was 3 years below grade level.  We challenged the school, but …

they called us pushy shovy parents who set unreasonable expectations for our daughter.  We were unwilling to accept that and …

As her mother and an experienced educator, I did my research.  I discovered that my daughter was a visual learner with dyslexia, who was more likely to benefit from a program that capitalized on her strengths.  I then developed the 3D Learner (R). The program helped her to improve her reading comprehension 4.2 grade grade levels.

We estimate that over 80% of the students with dyslexia we have are also visual learners.  It is important to note that only 25% of the visual learners have dyslexia.  Either way, we estimate that 16% of the population are a visual learner with dyslexia. 

Visual Learner with Dyslexia

                               The Visual Learner With Dyslexia, The Visual Learner and Dyslexics

For the Visual Learner with Dyslexia, Parents Have Choices

For these students, parent have many choices, including:

  • Should they pursue a dyslexia program that focuses on reading fluency — how well your child can read word
  • A program for visual learners or
  • A program like 3D Learner — that has been adapted to helped many the visual learners with dyslexia to succeed

Three things that differentiate our efforts:

1- We shift the focus to the student’s strengths and teach the way they learn best

2- We identify and address their challenges — that include some combination of attention, eye-teaming, working memory, processing speed and/or anxiety challenges.  Most visual learners with dyslexia have some combination of attention, eye-teaming, anxiety and/or related challenge

Success by Third Grade

Visual Learner with Dyslexia

3- We tend to get significant gains in months not years

We have now helped over 500 students who had been diagnosed with dyslexia and have learned many lessons, including:

  • The visual learner with dyslexia often struggles with logical, sequential and auditory approaches. 
  • Students can often make more significant gains in a quicker time frame with an approach that plays to their strengths and identifies and addresses their challenges

  • Reading comprehension is often a key issue, and frequently parents are not aware that reading programs focus on reading fluency, how accurately a student reads, and not reading comprehension.  As discussed in the Understood.org article on Orton Gillingham (R) what you need to know ” Orton–Gillingham focuses on teaching kids to read at the word level. While it can help develop reading comprehension, that is not their primary goal”. 
  • By also addressing attention, eye-teaming, visualization and anxiety, we can significantly
    • Improve reading speed and love for reading are often important
    • Reduce homework time and stress 
    • Improve standardized test scores
    • Boost self-esteem
  • Parents and students really appreciate shifting the focus from your child’s challenges to their strengths and how he or she can succeed
  • As a parent, you have the option of:
    • Relying on school based interventions
    • Using a tutor
    • Investing in a dyslexia program
    • First considering the following:
      • Is your child a visual learner?
      • Does your child have attention, visual processing and/or anxiety challenges?
      • Should you consider a program for the visual learner with the challenges your child has?

Is Your Child a Visual Learner and What Other Challenges Do They Have?

When we look at a visual learner with dyslexia – we acknowledge the dyslexia, but our real focus is on determining if your child:

  • Is a visual learner
  • Whether your child has attention, eye-teaming, anxiety and/or related challenges
  • Has the potential to do far better with an approach that plays to his or her strengths and identifies and addresses his or her challenges
  • Would benefit from additional help from their school — we work closely with parents and schools on this

Three ways to learn more

  • Take our Success Assessment with your child. This screens for learning difference and for attention and visual processing challenges or
  • Bring your child for our Focus Assessment this in an in office assessment where we assess your child’s reading comprehension and whether there is an attention and/or visual processing issue or
  • Call us at 561-361-7495



 

Florida Reading Scholarship with 3D Learner

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Florida Reading Scholarship 2019 – Now Accepting Applications

The Florida Reading Scholarship in 2019 is for students who scored a Level 1 or 2 on the third or fourth grade English Language Assessment. The scholarships provide parents with $500 to be used for approved programs. The 3D Learner Program (R) has been approved by Step Up for Students – the only funding organization.

Third grade English Language Assessment were released in late May. Schools now have the fourth grade results. Parents should be able to access the results now.

For your information, Step Up for Students has not opened up registration for this year. Last year, they opened up registration for the Florida Reading Scholarship in mid-August. They are now taking applications – click her to apply for the Reading Scholarship

Why 3D Learner in Combination with Florida Reading Scholarship

  • Our expertise is with smart students who are operating well below their potential. Our goal is to help your child to make dramatic gains in their reading comprehension in months not years
  • 3rd graders who got a Level 1 on the 3rd Grade English Language have made 2 and even 3 year gains in their reading comprehension with our program.
  • 4th graders who got a Level 1 on the 4th Grade English Language Assessment to make 2, 3 and even 4 years gains in their reading comprehension with our program.
  • We have helped students to increase their reading speed by as much as 100%
  • We improve students attention, visual processing, and self-esteem

Three ways to learn more

  • Take our Success Assessment with your child. This screens for learning difference and for attention and visual processing challenges or
  • Bring your child for our Focus Assessment this in an in office assessment where we assess your child’s reading comprehension and whether there is an attention and/or visual processing issue or
  • Call us at 561-361-7495

3D Learner offers three ways parents can utilize the Florida Reading Scholarship

  • The 3D Learner Program (R) — an intensive learning program provided at our Boca Raton facility — this program is designed to help students to make 2, 3 or even 4 year gains in their reading comprehension over a 4 to 6 month period.
  • A program that can be done remotely that includes the Reading Plus (R) software to improve reading speed and comprehension. It also improves vocabulary. Vision training can be provided, where needed.
  • The 3D Learner Program (R) done with a small group — if there is sufficient interest

For more information either:

  • Take our Success Assessment with your child. This screens for learning difference and for attention and visual processing challenges or
  • Bring your child for our Focus Assessment this in an in office assessment where we assess your child’s reading comprehension and whether there is an attention and/or visual processing issue or
  • Call us at 561-361-7495

 

Smart Struggling Child? Parents, Take Control

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Is your smart struggling child a visual learner?

Does your smart struggling child:

Remember places visited, even from years ago?

Learn best when he or she sees and experiences information?

Frustrate you, because you know they can do better, but you are exhausted trying to figure out how.

We are Mira and Mark Halpert. We could have answered yes to all these questions in 1994, when we were told our smart struggling child was not college material. We became Parents on a Mission, and Mira, who has her Masters in Education from the University of Michigan, developed the 3D Learner Program (R). This helped our daughter to improve her reading comprehension 4.2 grade levels in 7 months. She later became a Nationally Board Certified Teacher.

After helping over 20,000 frustrated parents,we now know that a smart struggling child is often a visual learner. These students often have a combination of attention, eye-teaming, anxiety and/or related challenges.

 

Smart Struggling Child
A Smart Struggling Child is often a visual learner with related challenges

 

3 Things You Can Do To Help Your Smart Struggling Child

  1. To better understand how your smart struggling child learns, and how you can capitalize on those strengths, DOWNLOAD Mira’s short, uplifting book “Life is a Ball, Don’t Put Me in a Box.”
  2. Take our free Online Success Assessment. It will help you see if your smart struggling gifted child learns differently. It also screens for attention and eye-teaming issues. After taking the assessment, give us a call at 561-361-7495. We’ll help you better understand what your smart struggling child is dealing with, and what you can do to make a positive difference.
  3. You can just call us at 561-361-7495

 

 

“Sammy went from the bottom of his reading group to the top in six weeks.”

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“We always knew that Sammy was intelligent, but wondered why he was struggling in school. Specifically, learning to read was a definite challenge to him, while verbally and intellectually he was soaring. The day that we met you we were amazed to find that many children have these same issues, and that there is a way to overcome them. As Matt said, ‘The optometrist you sent us to was very helpful, but the results from the program are spectacular.’ Sammy went from the bottom of his reading group to the top in 6 weeks, and he received the only A on a Rosa Parks Project. I feel lucky to have found you.”Andrea and Matt Jacobs
Parkland, FL Take The Free Success Assessment Now

Third Grade Retention Options – Focus on Success

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Third grade retention options are often not obvious. Two of the most common options are private school and homeschooling.

Jack was a classic case. Mom knew he was a lot smarter than present results would indicate, but …

He got a Level 1 on the third grade English Language Assessment. Mom told us she was looking at two options and did not like either one.

Homeschooling was an option, but we she had neither the skills, the time nor the disposition to do it.

When her friend was considering third grade retention options, she did put her child in an expensive private school. Two years later he had gone from 1.5 to 2.5 years below grade level in reading comprehension. Even worse, her son was not prepared for middle school.

Third Grade Retention Options, 3D Learner Favors Improving Reading Comprehension

When a parent is looking at third grade retention options we recommend that you consider …

The one that offers the best value and focuses on improving your child’s reading comprehension over the summer. Then, your child can increase his or her chances for promotion.

The Florida Department of Education has generated a detailed set of Good Cause Exemptions . All these can lead to promotion to 4th grade.

At 3D Learner, we have helped students who started in June to both be promoted to 4th grade and be successful. One teacher commented about one of our students, “Tyler made bigger gains than any student I have had in 27 years of teaching”

His comprehension went up 3 grade levels in a year.

If you have not already done it, we recommend doing our Success Assessment with your child. Then you can call us at 561-361-7495. If you have, call us today at 561-361-7495.

We recommend putting your child on his or her Pathway to SUCCESS.

 

How to Beat Third Grade Retention and Be Ready for Fourth Grade

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If Third Grade Retention Risk is Now Real

Third Grade Retention is now a risk for the 20% of the Florida Third Graders who got a Level 1 on the third grade English Language Assessment.

How do I beat third grade retention and make sure my child is ready for fourth grade now that testing is done”, asked one concerned parent last year. “We do not want our child to go to fourth grade unless she is ready”, the parent added, “can you help?”  This is a parent with

exactly the right attitude. Florida has done a good job of providing Good Cause Exemptions that allow a child to be promoted to 4th grade, even if they got a Level 1 on the Third Grade English Language Assessment.

The other risk is that even students who just got by are not ready for 4th grade.  With the new Common Core Standards, 4th grade is now much harder than it has ever been.

The good news is that 3D Learner has helped many students to both beat third grade retention and to be prepared for success in 4th grade and beyond. Act NOW!!!

Several key points about third grade retention and being ready for fourth grade:

1- Many students at risk for third grade retention are 1.5 or more years below grade level in their reading comprehension. These students often learn differently and have some combination of attention, visual processing, anxiety and/or related challenges.  Half of our students have all the challenges listed below.  The key is that the learning difference and the visual processing challenges are often missed.

Beat Third Grade Retention
Beat Third Grade Retention and Be Prepared for Fourth Grade by Capitalizing on Your Child’s Strengths and Identifying and Addressing their Challenges

Reading comprehension is often the issue. Too often a child can meet a good cause exemption, but they struggle in fourth grade. You may want to give us a call at 561-361-7495 for a no cost Beat Third Grade Retention and Be Prepared for Fourth Grade Strategy Session. We can then discuss strategy options.  Do this ASAP.

 

Beat Third Grade Retention by Improving Reading Comprehension

School portfolios or IReady tests are the first line of defense.  Schools will often give a test the last week of school.  For most students, this will oftennot yield the desired result.  The best chance to be promoted is to either:

– Pass the end of July test or

– Be reading on grade level by the start of the next school year

3D Learner has done this for many students, with an intensive reading program.  The key is to act now!!!

Even if your child gets promoted, there is a good chance they are way behind.

 

If third grade retention is a risk and/or your child is below grade level, either:

  • Take our no cost Success Assessment and call us at 561-361-7495 or
  • Call us at 561-361-7495 and

Put your child on his or her Pathway to Success by Fourth Grade and beyond

Do this ASAP — because there is precious little time to close the reading comprehension gap.

 

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