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Special Report: Trends in Student Outcome Measures: The Impact of myON on Student Achievement
The purpose of this study was the examine the patterns of reading achievement growth for students using myON. Results showed that students who spent more time on myON (per session and number of sessions) experienced more growth in Star Reading. And how students use myON affects student growth. Gains were shown in student growth percentiles (SGP), and analyses are presented for the general population, struggling readers, English Language Learners, and students at Title I schools. The research study is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R62687>.(Email research@renaissance.com to request a copy of the 2019 or 2024 report Special report: Trends in student outcome measures: myON and student achievement from the Renaissance Research Department.)
Lalilo receives the Silver badge for Efficacy in enhancing learning outcomes from EduEvidence
EduEvidence, formerly the International Certification of Evidence of Impact in Education (ICEIE), has granted Renaissance's Lalilo the Silver badge (ESSA Tier 2) for Efficacy in enhancing learning outcomes.The full certification is available online: <https://eduevidence.org/products/>.
Transforming Sense into Cents II: Evaluation of eduCLIMBER's Impact in a County's Schools
From the summary: "This 2025 study examines the Return on Investment (ROI) of eduCLIMBER, an integrated platform that streamlines whole child data, intervention tracking, and collaborative workflows to enhance teacher decision-making and reduce administrative paperwork. Maddock, Eadens, and Torres analyze user perspectives and comprehensive operational costs including software licensing, teacher salaries, and infrastructure expenses." Citation: Maddock, D., Eadens, D., & Torres, L. (in press). Transforming sense into cents II: Evaluation of eduCLIMBER's impact in a county's schools. International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation.The full summary will be available online: <https://www.icpel.org/ijelp.html>.The summary is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R68583>.
Peer-Reviewed Research Support for Renaissance Tools
Renaissance tools, including Accelerated Reader, eduCLIMBER, myIGDIs, myON, Nearpod, and Star Assessments, are supported by peer-reviewed research. This document provides a list of the peer-reviewed research available for reading and math practice products as well as assessment products. This document is only available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R35595>.
What Kids are Reading: 2025 edition
About What Kidsa are Reading 2025 Our very own Gene Kerns penned the Introduction to this year's report, which shares the reading habits of 5 million K--12 students, from 21,259 schools across all 50 states and DC, who read 173 million books during the 2023--2024 school year. This year's report explores the importance of kids spending 15 minutes on reading practice daily--a manageable amount for busy readers that our data show is the sweet spot to see real gains in terms of literacy achievement and vocabulary exposure. Two new report features highlight our findings, The Magic of 15 Purposeful Minutes spread on pp. 8--9, and the research questions and answers found in our four new Inspired to Read spreads kicking off each section of the report: What Kids are Reading is organized by grade range, with each section beginning with an Inspired to Read spread bursting with reading motivation. At the top of these pages, we've included two book lists: (1) Recognizing Resilience, featuring an array of stories whose characters display grit and tenacity, allowing readers to feel seen as well as broaden their understanding and empathy for others, and (2) Series Sets, where we've highlighted a book series for each grade level that was read by students who also favored a series from the Top Print list for that grade. Spanning the bottom of these pages, we explore The Magic of 15 Purposeful Minutes by examining the impact of kids spending just 15 minutes per day reading, using data from our Accelerated Reader database for the 2023--2024 school year. The following page begins with a Teacher Recommendation, from a reading survey conducted in January 2025 of educators spanning all grade levels, who answered a short series of questions regarding student book reading. Then, a map displaying Signature Books, that ranked higher in popularity in each state than they did nationwide, and four Fresh Finds, comprising books that kids first quizzed on during Fall 2024. Each individual grade level includes a Highest Rated book that received the most stars from kids in that grade who opted to rate books on a 4-point scale after reading and quizzing. Next up, two ranked booklists, Top Print (from Accelerated Reader) and Popular Digital (from myON), both display books by series, where appropriate, to allow as many unique authors and titles on the lists as possible. The myON books also do not repeat from grade to grade to include even more distinct titles. Finally, each grade level features a curated list of Authentic Spanish texts. The Full Report and additional information is available online: <https://www.renaissance.com/wkar>.
Pathway to Proficiency: Linking Star Reading and Star Math to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
The purpose of this project is to statistically link the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and Star Reading and Star Math scales. The Full Report is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R63439>.
Nearpod receives the Silver badge for Efficacy in enhancing learning outcomes from EduEvidence
EduEvidence, formerly the International Certification of Evidence of Impact in Education (ICEIE) has granted Renaissance's Nearpod the Silver badge (ESSA Tier 2) for Efficacy in enhancing learning outcomes.The full certification is available online: <https://eduevidence.org/products/>.
Special Report: Trends in Student Outcome Measures: The Role of Individualized Lalilo Practice
Early literacy practice with Lalilo was associated with higher levels of growth in general literacy achievement. Students who used Lalilo more intensively and for a longer period experienced the most growth in their literacy skills. Less intense and less frequent use of Lalilo was associated with relatively less achievement growth, but even lighter use was associated with more growth relative to students who did not use the program at all. These results remained consistent across struggling readers, English language Learners, and students from Title I schools.The full report is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R63694>.
Freckle for Math receives the Silver badge for Efficacy in enhancing learning outcomes from EduEvidence
EduEvidence, formerly the International Certification of Evidence of Impact in Education (ICEIE), has granted Renaissance's Freckle for Math the Silver badge (ESSA Tier 2) for Efficacy in enhancing learning outcomes.The full certification is available online: <https://eduevidence.org/products/>.
Lalilo Meets the "Evidence-Based" Requirements of ESSA
This document examines the evidence base for Lalilo that meets the requirements of Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).The full report is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R61887>.
Accelerated Reader Meets the "Evidence-Based" Requirements of ESSA
This document examines the evidence base for Accelerated Reader that meets the requirements of Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).The full report is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R61323>.
Accelerated Reader Key Research Support
This is a quick-reference list of the key research supporting Acelerated Reader and is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R33639>. For brief summaries of the key research for Accelerated Reader, see "Accelerated Reader Software and Accelerated Reader Best Practices: Key Scientifically Based Research Summary."
Special Report: Trends in Student Outcome Measures: The Role of Personalised Digital Reading Practice for UK Students
To explore how myON use relates to progress in general reading ability, we drew upon a sample of 76,622 UK pupils from the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years. Results indicated that myON use was associated with improved student outcomes, and more frequent programme use was associated with accelerated academic progress.The research study is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R67912>.