ㆍLexia Awards and Achievements (by year)
2008
Lexia Reading® :
District Administration Readers' Choice Top 100 K12 Products

2007
Lexia Primary Reading™ :
Teachers’ Choice Award for the Classroom, Learning Magazine

2005
Lexia Cross-Trainer™: Visual-Spatial :
Teachers’ Choice Award, Learning Magazine
Distinguished Achievement Award, Association of Educational Publishers (AEP)
Smart Play/Smart Toy Children’s Products for 2005, Dr. Toy
Lexia Early Reading®:
Feature Product of the Week, Closing the Gap’s Resource Directory
Lexia Primary Reading™:
Distinguished Achievement Award, Association of Educational Publishers (AEP)

2004
Lexia Cross-Trainer™: Visual-Spatial
iParenting Media Award
Top Choice Award, Boston Museum of Science
Top Educational Gift of 2004, Homeschool.com

Lexia Early Reading®
iParenting Media Award

Lexia Inicio a la Lectura™
iParenting Media Award

Lexia Phonics Based Reading®
iParenting Media Award

Lexia Reading SOS (Strategies for Older Students)
iParenting Media Award

Teaching Reading: Stages and Strategies™
Finalist, 2004 Codie Awards, Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)

2003
Lexia Phonics Based Reading™
District Choice Award, District Administration

Lexia Reading S.O.S (Strategies for Older Students)
Distinguished Achievement Award, Association of Educational Publishers (AEP)

ㆍLexia’s Library of Outcomes Research:
ㆍLexia -Closing the Reading Achievement Gap (pdf, 381 KB)
ㆍLexia -Advancing Literacy Skills in At-Risk 1st Graders (pdf, 178 KB)
ㆍLexia -Advancing Literacy Skills in Kindergarteners (pdf, 11 KB)
ㆍLexia -Supporting Literacy Development in Middle School (pdf, 5KB)
ㆍLexia - Improving Test Scores in Low-Income Hispanic Students (pdf, 266 KB)
ㆍLexia - Implementation Research (pdf, 98 KB)
ㆍEvaluation of Lexia Software in Boston Public Schools (pdf, 219 KB)

ㆍArticles:
- Blok, Oostdam, R., Otter, M. E., & Overmaat, M. (2002). Computer-assisted instruction in support of beginning reading instruction: A review. Review of Education Research, 72, 101-130.

- Bradley, R. F. (1999). Bradley reading and language arts. Upton, MA: Bradley Institute for Reading and Language Arts.

- Cassady, J. C., & Smith, L. L. (2005). The impact of a structured integrated learning system on first grade students’ reading gains. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 21, 361-376.

- Conlon, T., & Simpson, M. (2003). Silicon Valley versus Silicon Glen: The impact of computers upon teaching and learning: A comparative study. British Journal of Educational Technology, 34, 137-150.

- Cuban, L. (2001). Oversold and underused: Computers in the classroom. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

- Hecht, S. A., & Close, L. (2002). Emergent literacy skills and training time uniquely predict variability in responses to phonemic awareness training in disadvantaged kindergartners. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 82, 93 - 115.

- Lexia Learning Systems (2001). Phonics based reading and strategies for older students. Lincoln, MA: Lexia Learning Systems, Inc.

- Macaruso, P., Hook, P. E., & McCabe, R. (2006a). The efficacy of computer-based supplementary phonics programs for advancing reading skills in at-risk elementary students. Journal of Research in Reading, 29, 162-172.

- Macaruso, P., Hook, P. E., & McCabe, R. (2006b, November). The efficacy of computer-based phonics instruction and critical implementation issues in elementary schools. Paper presented at the 57th Annual Conference of The International Dyslexia Association, Indianapolis, Indiana.

- Macaruso, P., & Walker, A. (in press). The efficacy of computer assisted instruction for advancing literacy skills in kindergarten children. Reading Psychology: An International Quarterly.

- MacGinitie, W. H., MacGinitie, R. K., Maria, K., & Dreyer, L. G. (2000). Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests. Itasca, IL: Riverside Publishing.

- McFall, P. L. (2000). Scott Foresman Reading. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

- Paterson, W. A., Henry, J. J., O’Quin, K., Ceprano, M. A., & Blue, E. V. (2003) Investigating the effectiveness of an integrated learning system on early emergent readers. Reading Research Quarterly, 38, 172-207.

- Ribas, W. B, Deane, J. A., & Seider, S. (2005). Instructional practices that maximize student achievement: For teachers, by teachers. Westwood, MA: Ribas Publications.

- Sandholtz, J. H. (2001). Learning to teach with technology: A comparison of teacher development programs. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 9, 349 - 374.

- Sandholtz, J. H., & Reilly, B. (2004). Teachers, not technicians: Rethinking technical expectations for teachers. Teachers College Record, 106, 487-512.

- Torgesen, J. K. (2004). Lessons learned from research on interventions for students who have difficulty learning to read. In P. McCardle & V. Chhabra (Eds.),

- The voice of evidence in reading research. (pp. 355-382). Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing.

- Torgesen, J. K., & Barker, T. A. (1995). Computers as aids in the prevention and remediation of reading disabilities. Learning Disability Quarterly, 18, 76-87.

- Van Dusen, L. M., & Worthen, B. R. (1994). The impact of integrated learning system implementation on student outcomes: Implications for research and evaluation. International Journal of Educational Research, 21, 13-24.

- Wise, B. W., Ring, J., & Olson, R. K. (2000). Individual differences in gains from computer-assisted remedial reading. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 77, 197 - 235.