Program Description

Lexia PowerUp Literacy is designed to help struggling and nearly-proficient readers in grades 6-12 become proficient readers and confident learners. PowerUp helps educators simultaneously address gaps in fundamental literacy skills while helping students build the higher-order skills they need to comprehend, analyze, evaluate, and compare increasingly complex literary and informational texts. Blending online student-driven explicit instruction with offline teacher-delivered lessons and activities, PowerUp empowers secondary teachers--regardless of their background or expertise in reading--to deliver the exact instruction each student needs to become a proficient reader.

Cost

Must contact publisher for pricing

Intended Population

• Intervention
• Intensified intervention
• ELL
• SPED

Grade

• Middle School
• High School

Intended Group Size

• Any

ELL/DLL

• Yes

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Computer-Based Delivery

• Partial

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Comprehensive

Placement Tests

• Unspecified

Advanced Placement

• Yes

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Yes

Error Correction Built In

• Yes

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

The evidence for this program is limited to one study, completed by the publisher. A strong effect size was found for students in grades 6-8 on the STAR Reading Assessment. There was no peer-reviewed research found. Consequently, there is insufficient evidence to support the efficacy of this program at this time.

Study Citations

Hurwitz, L. B. (2020). Supporting Struggling and Non-Proficient Middle School Readers with the Lexia® PowerUp Literacy® Program. Concord, MA: Lexia Learning Systems LLC, A Rosetta Stone Company.

Evidence Base (ESSA)

• Strong

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Insufficient evidence

Additional Reviews

• https://www.edsurge.com/product-reviews/lexia-powerup-literacy