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For Immediate Release
Voyager Universal Literacy System Schools Earn "Banners of
Achievement" for Reading Proficiency
Dallas, March 31, 2006 – Voyager Expanded Learning® announced today that 69 schools in 32 districts across the country that implement the Voyager Universal Literacy System® earned Voyager "banners of achievement" for the 2005-2006 school year.
The Voyager Universal Literacy System is a comprehensive kindergarten through third grade reading system designed to accomplish what the National Reading Panel report says is possible, that 90-95 percent of children in America can learn to read.
Schools awarded banners achieved a target of 80 percent or more students reading proficiently, based on Vital Indicators of Progress® (VIP®) scores. Vital Indicators of Progress are reading assessments built in to all Voyager reading programs and are completely equivalent to the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills™ (DIBELS™) created by Dr. Roland Good.
In silver banner schools, 80-89 percent of students are reading at grade level. In gold level schools, 90-95 percent of students are on track, and platinum level schools achieved a remarkable 96-100 percent literacy rate. Voyager also recognizes teachers with platinum-, gold- and silver-colored plaques based on the percentage of students reading at grade-level proficiency in their classrooms, using the same criteria as for the schools. More than 600 Voyager teachers received plaques this year.
Schools receiving the banners of achievement and their respective districts include:
Platinum
Love T. Nolan Elementary, Fulton County School District, GA
Stewart Elementary School, Lubbock Independent School District, TX
Walker Elementary, Richmond County School District, GA
Gold
Boaz Primary, Boaz City School District, AL
Southside Primary, Dallas County School District, AL
Westside Elementary, Demopolis City School District, AL
Golden Bridge Academy, Lima City School District, OH
Tubbs Elementary, Lubbock Independent School District, TX
John Essex High School, Marengo County School District, AL
Marietta Elementary, Marietta Independent School District, TX
DeArmanville Elementary, Oxford City School District, AL
Southhampton Elementary, Richmond County School District, GA
Warren Road Elementary, Richmond County School District, GA
Lake Forest Hills Elementary, Richmond County School District, GA
Reynolds Elementary, Richmond County School District, GA
Sterling Elementary, Sterling City Independent School District, TX
Silver
Avery Elementary, Avery Independent School District, TX
Caldwood Elementary, Beaumont Independent School District, TX
French Elementary, Beaumont Independent School District, TX
Pietzsch/MacArthur Elementary, Beaumont Independent School District, TX
Corely Elementary, Boaz City Board of Education, AL
Cottonwood Elementary, Cottonwood School District, OK
Cowboy Junction Church School, Cowboy Junction, OK
Salem Elementary, Dallas County School District, AL
J.E. Terry Elementary, Dallas County School District, AL
Shiloh Elementary, Dallas County School District, AL
Valley Grande Elementary, Dallas County School District, AL
DeKalb Elementary, DeKalb Independent School District, TX
Harriet Tubman Elementary, Fulton County School District, GA
Seaborn Lee Elementary, Fulton County School District, GA
Boulevard Elementary, Gloversville Enlarged School District, NY
Hempstead Elementary, Hempstead Independent School District, TX
Bayless Elementary, Lubbock Independent School District, TX
Bozeman Primary, Lubbock Independent School District, TX
Parsons Elementary, Lubbock Independent School District, TX
Arnett Elementary, Lubbock Independent School District, TX
Marengo High School, Marengo County School District, AL
Sweet Water School, Marengo County School District, AL
Amelia Love Johnson High School, Marengo County School District, AL
Kate D. Smith-Dar Elementary, Marshall County School District, AL
Robert D. Sloman Primary, Marshall County School District, AL
Washington Early Childhood Center, McAlester Public Schools, OK
Cherokee Elementary, Muskogee Independent School District, OK
PS 155, New York City Department of Education, NY
Oxford Elementary, Oxford City School District, AL
Blake Primary, Parker Unified School District, AZ
Reform Elemetary, Pickens County School District, AL
Feds Creek Elementary, Pike County Schools, KY
Garrett Elementary, Richmond County School District, GA
Lamar Elementary, Richmond County School District, GA
John Milledge Elementary, Richmond County School District, GA
Merry Elementary, Richmond County School District, GA
Jamestown Elementary, Richmond County School District, GA
National Hills Elementary, Richmond County School District, GA
Freedom Park Elementary, Richmond County School District, GA
Meadowbrook Elementary, Richmond County Schools District, GA
Swansboro Elementary, Richmond Public Schools, VA
Patrick Henry Elementary, Richmond Public Schools, VA
Fairfield Court Elementary, Richmond Public Schools, VA
Overby-Sheppard Elementary, Richmond Public Schools, VA
Maymont Elementary, Richmond Public Schools, VA
Norrell Elementary, Richmond Public Schools, VA
Carver Elementary, Richmond Public Schools, VA
Shallowater Elementary School, Shallowater Independent School District, TX
Selman Elementary, Sealy Independent School District, TX
Horizon Heights Elementary, Socorro Independent School District, TX
Stewart County Elementary, Stewart County Schools, GA
Munford Elementary, Talladega County School District, AL
Hillcrest Professional Development, Waco Independent School District, TX
About Voyager Expanded Learning
Voyager Expanded Learning provides core, intervention and supplemental reading programs, as well as math intervention and ongoing professional development programs for school districts throughout the United States. Founded in 1994, Voyager has delivered extended-time reading and basic skills intervention programs, as well as large-scale reading programs to more than 900 school districts in cities such as Dallas, Phoenix, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and the District of Columbia, resulting in dramatically improved student performance. Collaborations with the Discovery Channel enable Voyager to provide timely and powerful curricula for the American classroom. Voyager Expanded Learning, Inc. is part of ProQuest Education, a business segment of ProQuest Company, which is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. For more information, please visit www.voyagerlearning.com or call 1-888-399-1995.
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