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Voyager Expanded Learning, Inc. (www.voyagerlearning.com) revolutionized reading and math instruction with comprehensive teacher tools and high-interest, high-quality student materials proven to increase performance for all students. Voyager provides core, intervention, and supplemental programs based on the most current research on how students learn. Voyager is also the premier provider of online professional development for educators across the country.
Founded in 1994 and based in Dallas, TX, Voyager has delivered extended-time reading and basic skills intervention programs, as well as math intervention programs and large-scale reading programs to an estimated 500,000 elementary, middle school and high school students in some 1,000 school districts nationwide.
Bringing all students to proficiency in reading and math is a priority for closing the achievement gap and ultimately preparing students to compete on a global level for scholarships and jobs. Voyager recognizes its responsibility as a committed partner and is continually striving to empower teachers and students in the lowest performing schools.
Voyager curricula and programs are all designed with a core goal in mind: to bring students to proficiency in reading and math. The company partners with educators across the country to deliver the results that educators and parents expect, and that children deserve.
Voyager is owned and operated by Voyager Learning Company (www.voyagercompany.com), a leading publisher of K-12 education solutions. The company provides products and services to customers through its businesses units, which include Voyager, Learning A-Z (www.learninga-z.com), and ExploreLearning (www.explorelearning.com).
Voyager Expanded Learning's mission is to deliver solutions that bring all of America's students to proficiency in reading and math.
The effectiveness of Voyager's core reading and reading and math intervention programs are well-documented. Dozens of scientific research studies and independent impact studies conducted by state and district-level education departments, universities and Voyager researchers consistently demonstrate that participation in Voyager programs has a significant, positive effect on student learning and academic performance. To see full copies of these research reports, please visit http://www.voyagerlearning.com/results/overview.jsp.
Voyager has become a leader in innovation by incorporating best practices from Voyager teachers and proven instructional designs from leading researchers into such programs as its award-winning middle school reading intervention program, Passport Reading Journeys™. Voyager is also in front of the online instructional revolution with Ticket to Read and VmathLive™, two new web-based technology programs.
In 2007, Voyager Passport, Passport Reading Journeys, and Vmath became the first intervention programs to be endorsed by the Council of Administrators of Special Education, and VoyagerU became the first professional development program to be endorsed.
-- The Voyager Universal Literacy System combines a research-based curriculum, embedded intervention, built-in assessment, training, and implementation support into one comprehensive program. It takes children from their classroom desk to around the world and beyond to discover a universe of fascinating possibilities.
-- Voyager Passport is a reading intervention system that strengthens all core reading programs. Six instructional levels for grades K-5 accelerate the reading performance of at-risk students by providing targeted instruction that emphasizes skills taught in the core. Voyager Passport provides direct, systematic instruction in each of the essential reading components (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension).
-- Passport Reading Journeys combines motivating, leveled text with research-based instructional support to help secondary students turn the corner in their reading achievement. The program provides targeted intervention to middle and high school students who are reading 3 to 4 years below grade level, and who are at risk of academic failure. Passport Reading Journeys features DVDs, online interactive lessons, and captivating text designed to hold student interest and motivate students to read for both information and enjoyment.
-- Voyager Pasaporte is a daily, 30 to 40-minute program designed to accelerate reading skills for Spanish-speaking students. Voyager Pasaporte lessons offer comprehensive phonics instruction in the students' primary language, and incorporate explicit, systematic instruction in small-group settings.
-- TimeWarp Plus is a summer intervention program that prevents summer learning loss for low-performing K-9 students. The program builds essential reading skills and strategies that successful readers need by providing active learning experiences built around interesting cultures and places – ranging from Egypt and Rome to Latin America and China.
-- Ticket to Read is an easy-to-access and easy-to-use website designed to increase reading speed, comprehension and vocabulary through a reward system that promotes reading practice at home and school. Students read high-interest passages at increasing levels of difficulty and take passage quizzes to earn points for customizing their personal clubhouse.
-- Vmath delivers proven intervention for students in grades 3-8 who struggle with math. The targeted intervention enhances all core math programs by providing daily, explicit, systematic instruction in math concepts, skills, and strategies. Through 30 to 40 minutes of daily instruction Vmath helps struggling students build their math foundation, and learn the skills and concepts crucial to achieving grade-level success.
Summer Adventure -- Vmath Summer Adventure is a specially designed version of Vmath which delivers up to 40 hours of targeted, explicit instruction in essential math concepts and skills to students in grades K-8. The program integrates instructional practices proven most effective with the struggling students, is flexible and easy to use, and includes online data management to help teachers and administrators track student progress.
-- provides an online environment for students to practice essential math skills and prepare for high-stakes tests using similar question formats. The motivational competition feature provides student versus student and student versus computer contests of speed and skill. Students become proficient in math with additional time on task.
- -- VoyagerU professional development courses help K-8 teachers teach reading more effectively. Through online self-study, learning groups, and classroom activities teachers apply research-based best practices that improve student reading performance. College credit is available at many higher education institutions. Participants can view progress any time through the simple, web-based tracking system.
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