RISE Challenges and Solutions

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RISE (Read in Summer and Excel)
A Bookworm Central Literacy-Focused Solution to
counter Summer Slide for Grades K8
The Challenges of Summer Slide
The Online RISE Platform Can Help
An average of 2 months of reading skills are
lost over the summer.
RISE provides just-right books and direction,
helping prevent a decline in skills.
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RISE brings reading materials into the homes of
students in need, encouraging them to develop
regular reading habits.
More than half of children in need do not have
access to books at home.
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RISE informs parents about the reality of summer
slide and engages them to support their
children's reading/learning efforts.
75 of parents wish they knew more about summer
slide from educators and how to mitigate it.
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RISE benefits teachers when 80-90 of
participating students return to school with
retained or improved reading levels.
6 weeks are spent every fall reteaching material
students forgot over the summer.
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Children who both live in poverty and read below
grade level by 3rd grade are three times as
likely not to graduate from high school as
students who have never been poor.
RISE provides equitable access to books and
helps with closing the achievement gap between
low and high income students.
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RISE provides children the options to select
books of choice and motivates them to keep
reading.
73 of children say they would read more if they
could choose the books they like.
Sources https//littlescholarsllc.com/blog/summer
-learning-loss-facts/ Seattle Intelligencer
Alexander, K. Entwisle, D. Olson, L. (2007)
https//summerlearning.org/?pgeknow_the_facts
https//www.aecf.org/blog/poverty-puts-struggling-
readers-in-double-jeopardy-minorities-most-at-risk
/ https//www.oxfordlearning.com/how-to-improve-
reading-comprehension/
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