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Supplemental Educational Services

Provider: Sylvan Learning Center

Sylvan Learning Center
500 South Street West
Raynham, MA 02767

David Lyman
sylvanses@gmail.com
President

Phone: 508-816-0774
Fax: 508-821-9852
http://www.educate.com
 Provider Details
Program Areas:Reading, Mathematics
Grades:K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Post 12
Place of Service:Student's School, Internet, Business, Community Center
Type of Organization:For Profit
Experience with:
   Limited English Proficient (LEP) students: Yes
   Students with disabilities: Yes

 Program Description (written by provider)
The Sylvan Learning Programs have been designed to build student skill mastery of the core skills required for success in reading and/or math at each grade level. Sylvan employs a diagnostic approach to identifying needs and a systematic, motivational approach to ensuring individual student success. Sylvan Learning Center is the nation’s leading provider of supplemental education services and our programs have been delivering results for over 29 years.
 Evidence of Effectiveness (written by provider)
Sylvan Learning Program Overview:

Sylvan Learning Center students comprise a diverse population, including those from low-income families and minority groups.

In the At Sylvan we assess our impact on student achievement, in part, by analyzing Grade Equivalent gains. We measure these gains using pre- and post- program performance on a nationally recognized standardized assessment, the California Achievement Test (CAT/5).

In 2005, 81% of Sylvan's more than 38,000 reading students increased at least one grade equivalent on the CAT after 36 hours of instruction. In 2005, 87% of Sylvan's more than 22,000 math students increased at least one grade equivalent on the CAT after 36 hours of instruction.

In 2007, in our Sylvan Learning Centers, 81% of our 75 reading students increased at least one grade equivalent on the CAT after 36 hours of instruction. In 2007, 84 % of our 57 math students increased at least one grade equivalent on the CAT after 36 hours of instruction.

Ace it! Program Overview
“Ace it!” Tutoring is a new and innovative program designed by Sylvan Learning, Inc. to serve students through third party funding and under the No Child Left Behind Federal Law. During the 2004-05 school year “Ace it!” Tutoring was piloted to ensure academic results.

“Ace it!” Tutoring pilot had 30 programs throughout 12 states. The programs were distributed between rural, suburban and urban school districts and were geographically spread throughout the country. The “Ace it!” Tutoring programs were in western and southwestern states such as CA and TX, southern states such as TN, NC and GA, northern states including MN and ND, and the eastern states including PA and CT.

A total of 2,102 students were enrolled in “Ace it!” Tutoring for the 2004-05 school year. The students were evenly distributed between reading and math.

There were an average of 70 students per program, with a single location having as many as 697 students at one time. The program length included an average of 30 hours of instruction and a two-hour pre assessment and two-hour post assessment.

Academic Growth
Students were given a pre assessment at the start of the program and a post assessment at the end of the program. The assessments used for program placement and to measure student growth are the Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation (GRADE) and the Group Mathematics Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation (GMADE). Both assessments are published by AGS Publishing and are nationally normed and criterion referenced.

The scores used in evaluation of academic growth include the Growth Scale Value score (GSV) and Percentile Rankings. The GSV score is a developmental standard score that is used to track students’ growth between tests and across grade levels. The percentile rankings evaluate the percentile change after instruction. Both the GSV and percentile scores compare the students to the norm group.

After an average of 29 hours of instruction, 53% of our reading students met or exceeded the median growth as compared to the norm group of students at the same grade levels over an entire school year. “Ace it!” reading students moved up 8.6 percentiles on average.

After an average of 33 hours of instruction, 70% of our math students met or exceeded the median growth as compared to the norm group of students at the same grade levels over an entire school year. “Ace it!” math students moved up 17.1 percentiles on average.

The results show that “Ace it!’ Tutoring is successful at making substantial growth in students’ core reading and math skills in a condensed amount of time.

The entire Sylvan Learning /Ace it! curriculum is based on research, best practices and common sense approach.
 District(s) Served
Please note that these are the districts this provider is approved to serve through this contract. Not all of these districts may be required to offer supplemental educational services through Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act. Check with your school or district for more details.

Abington Public SchoolsAcushnet Public SchoolsAgawam Public Schools
Amesbury Public SchoolsAmherst Public SchoolsAndover Public Schools
Arlington Public SchoolsAshland Public SchoolsAttleboro Public Schools
Avon Public SchoolsBedford Public SchoolsBelchertown Public Schools
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Beverly Public SchoolsBillerica Public SchoolsBoston Public Schools
Bourne Public SchoolsBoxford Public SchoolsBraintree Public Schools
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Brookline Public SchoolsBurlington Public SchoolsCambridge Public Schools
Canton Public SchoolsCarlisle Public SchoolsCarver Public Schools
Chelmsford Public SchoolsChelsea Public SchoolsChicopee Public Schools
Clarksburg Public SchoolsConway Public SchoolsDartmouth Public Schools
Dedham Public SchoolsDeerfield Public SchoolsDover Public Schools
Dracut Public SchoolsDuxbury Public SchoolsEast Bridgewater Public Schools
Easthampton Public SchoolsEast Longmeadow Public SchoolsEaston Public Schools
Erving Public SchoolsEverett Public SchoolsFairhaven Public Schools
Fall River Public SchoolsFlorida Public SchoolsFoxborough Public Schools
Framingham Public SchoolsFranklin Public SchoolsFreetown Public Schools
Georgetown Public SchoolsGloucester Public SchoolsGosnold Public Schools
Granby Public SchoolsGranville Public SchoolsGreenfield Public Schools
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Hanover Public SchoolsHatfield Public SchoolsHaverhill Public Schools
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Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter DistrictEdward Brooke Charter DistrictKIPP Academy Lynn Charter District
Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter DistrictInnovation Academy Charter DistrictCommunity Charter School of Cambridge District
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Hill View Montessori Charter Public DistrictLowell Community Charter Public DistrictLowell Middlesex Academy Charter District
Marblehead Community Charter Public DistrictMa Academy for Math and ScienceMATCH Charter Public School District
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QuabbinRalph C MaharSilver Lake
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TritonQuaboag RegionalWhitman-Hanson
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