Students get practice in key literacy strands

With Passport Reading Journeys, students receive sequenced skills, immediate feedback, and opportunities for focused review and guided practice. The engaging, high-interest passages in Expeditions motivate students to read more complex content, moving them to grade-level reading comprehension.

RESEARCH FOUNDATION SYSTEMWIDE RESULTS ARTICLES

Reading Opportunities with Updated Content

Fascinating literary and informational text in the Student Anthology eBook
Reading in the Real World and Exploring Careers text selections
Classroom Library Set includes age-appropriate titles
Updated online version with interactive eBooks

Diversity of Lessons

Whole-group instruction
Independent reading and technology-based practice
Collaborative student- and teacher-led small-group instruction

Reading Opportunities with Updated Content

Growth to Grade-Level Reading and Practice

Each level includes two-week, 10-level expedition format
Content-rich, high-interest text across all subject areas
Vocabulary and comprehension worksheets
Response-to-reading practice writing
Power Pass online test-readiness passages

Studies show that students excel with Passport Reading Journeys

Reading Proficiency CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED

“Results in this study support that using the Passport Reading Journeys program assists students in gaining reading proficiency. Passport Reading Journeys assessments showed continuous growth, while remaining consistent with standardized achievement measures. For this group of predominantly Hispanic, low-income students, many with current or previous English language deficiencies, and the majority with well-defined reading inadequacies, increased reading proficiency was clearly demonstrated.”

—Passport Reading Journeys™ Effectiveness with Ninth Grade Students Identified for Reading Improvement Instruction in an Urban High School

All students EXPERIENCED GROWTH

“All students made growth on the Passport Reading Journeys and Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Lexiles, Gates, and TAKS Reading scale score. When disaggregated by ethnicity, Hispanic students made particularly notable progress. Three years of TAKS Reading data showed that Hispanic students particularly benefited from Passport Reading Journeys participation.”

—Evaluation of W. T. White Passport Reading Journeys™ II Students, 2006–2007

CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP in record time

“We are seeing years’ worth of Lexile gaps being closed in a semester’s worth of time.”

—Mario Acosta, Principal, PFC Robert P. Hernandez Middle School, Round Rock Independent School District, TX

Sustained Results Across the Years

A system-wide analysis was conducted of students receiving Passport Reading Journeys instruction during a six-year cohort period (2006–2007 through 2011–2012). This analysis included students from 42 states and 337 districts in grades 6-9. The Lexile growth experienced by students enabled them to increase their academic vocabulary and domain knowledge as well as increasing their complexity of text.

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