The Reading Center

Orton gillingham therapy: 14,389 sessions of og tutoring for 303 students were provided to increase The students' Reading abilities. The Reading Center conducted 124 nationally normed educational evaluations and 30 free Reading readiness screenings for students who are struggling in Reading, providing needed insight into The nature of The Reading difficulty. 128 post-tests for current 1:1 tutoring students were conducted, demonstrating The progress of their Reading interventions. $59,296 in scholarships for tutoring and testing was provided to 12% of students in need of The Reading Center expert evaluation and instruction.

Educator training : 40 educators and parents learned The orton-gillingham (og) approach in The Reading Center's basic and advanced o-g institutes, accredited by The orton-gillingham academy. $17,930 in training scholarship was granted.978 educators received free online training consistent with The science of Reading and these teachers served 30,318 students statewide. These courses were provided free of charge to MN educators.

Specialized classes, including best of basics summer program : 44 students were enrolled in classes where children engaged their minds everyday for a month in order to reinforce The skills they need for success during The school year. Six additional middle and high school aged students benefitted from study skills classes, and 5 k-1st grade students learned critical pre-reading skills in parent/child Reading clubs, helping them to enter grade school ready to read.

Outreach: 61 struggling readers from 5 low-income partnership schools in rochester and The twin cities received 1,050 sessions of expert o-g instruction from Reading Center tutors onsite at The schools throughout The school year, at no cost to The parents or schools. A total of $94,417 in scholarship funded services were provided for partnership tutoring students. 88 students from partnership schools were tested for Reading difficulties. An additional 161 low-income struggling readers were served indirectly through training partnerships. 1,807 parents and others attended 22 outreach presentations to learn about Dyslexia.