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Renaissance Report Highlights 179 Million Books Read in 2022-2023 School Year; Provides Actionable Insights into K-12 Student Interests and Reading Behavior

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As schools continue to work to bring reading scores up to pre-pandemic levels, a new report provides a definitive look at what kids are actually reading in grades K–12 and documents the significant difference that reading at least 15 minutes per day—over time—makes on future academic success.

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The report documents the more than 179 million books read by these students during the 2022–2023 school year by grade and reading level.
Data is drawn from two Renaissance sources: Accelerated Reader , which tracks what students are reading; and myON , which provides access to a massive digital library.
Together, these programs personalize reading practice for students by guiding them to engaging books and sharing actionable reading data with educators.
"No other study captures student reading behavior on this scale," said Dr. Gene Kerns, Chief Academic Officer at Renaissance.

New Study of 480,000 Students Using myON Highlights Notable Increases in Reading Growth

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn., April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Renaissance, a leader in pre-K–12 education technology, recently released a research study demonstrating that students' use of the myON digital reading platform is associated with higher levels of reading growth. The new study, which involves more than 480,000 US students in grades K–12, also shows that struggling readers in the early grades who use myON with fidelity can make up to two years' worth of additional growth in a single academic year.

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Using data from the 2022‒2023 school year, the study compares the reading growth of 486,471 students who used myON to the growth of 1,533,498 students in the same districts who did not use the myON platform.
Thirty-four percent (34%) of struggling readers in grades K–5 who used myON with fidelity gained an additional half year of reading growth, 16% achieved at least one year of extra growth, and a smaller subset of these students attained an additional 2 years of reading growth.
Students who utilize myON's natural-voice audio narration—which models fluent reading—experienced greater growth than students who did not use myON.
Each title includes natural-voice audio narration, and students can also use myON to record themselves reading books aloud, to monitor their reading fluency and showcase reading progress.

Renaissance Announces Winners of Second Annual Student Art Contest, Celebrating Hispanic Culture

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Friday, September 29, 2023

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Sept. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is excited to announce the winners of its annual "Shine a Light on Bilingualism" K–12 student art contest to celebrate Hispanic culture and Spanish-English biliteracy.

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The company recognizes three contest winners, shining a light on what bilingualism means to them during Hispanic Heritage Month
BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Sept. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Renaissance , a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is excited to announce the winners of its annual "Shine a Light on Bilingualism" K–12 student art contest to celebrate Hispanic culture and Spanish-English biliteracy.
"As Renaissance celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, we are excited to showcase students' talent, creativity, and experiences through their artwork," said Sarah DiFrancesco, Chief Marketing Officer at Renaissance.
The students' artwork provides a creative depiction of Hispanic culture and bilingualism and will be featured during Renaissance's celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
"As Renaissance celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, we are excited to showcase students' talent, creativity, and experiences through their artwork," said Sarah DiFrancesco, Chief Marketing Officer at Renaissance.

Renaissance Analytics Enhances Back-to-School Insights for Student Success

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

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By offering insights that span classrooms, buildings, and districts, Renaissance Analytics empowers administrators to make well-informed decisions that positively impact student learning."

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By offering insights that span classrooms, buildings, and districts, Renaissance Analytics empowers administrators to make well-informed decisions that positively impact student learning."
Recent Renaissance Analytics updates include the following:
Expanded Star Assessments Metrics : Renaissance Analytics brings comprehensive metrics for both Star CBM and computer-adaptive Star Assessments.
As part of its commitment to building a connected K–12 ecosystem, Renaissance provides Renaissance Analytics at no cost to Renaissance customers.
Renaissance Analytics offers administrators a holistic view of student performance and engagement across different Renaissance programs, empowering them to tailor interventions and support to meet individual student needs.

Renaissance Unveils New Back-to-School Resources to Help Educators Personalize Teaching and Address Learning Gaps this School Year

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Aug. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Renaissance, a leader in pre-K–12 education technology, has released new back-to-school resources and product updates to support educators in personalizing instruction to address pandemic learning loss during the new school year. This includes a new interactive webpage for educators to increase their access to critical How Kids Are Performing data. The page allows educators to review and compare their students' academic performance and growth data by subject and grade level to national averages. Additionally, the page provides valuable resources—such as Renaissance's Focus Skills and an MTSS Toolkit—to accelerate student learning.

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This includes a new interactive webpage for educators to increase their access to critical How Kids Are Performing data.
The page allows educators to review and compare their students' academic performance and growth data by subject and grade level to national averages.
Additionally, the page provides valuable resources—such as Renaissance's Focus Skills and an MTSS Toolkit—to accelerate student learning.
This includes an all-new Back-to-School resources page with product-specific setup steps, checklists, rostering information, professional learning, and more to help educators prepare for the new year.

New Digital Books in Indigenous Mixteco Language Support Biliteracy in Oxnard School District

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Friday, June 9, 2023

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OXNARD, Calif., June 9, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Oxnard School District, which serves more than 15,000 students in TK–grade 8, and Renaissance, a leading provider of education technology, are pleased to announce the release of six new books in the Mixteco language. The new books, which include natural-voice audio narration by native Mixteco speakers to model fluent reading, are available to Oxnard students through myON, a popular digital reading and literacy platform from Renaissance.

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Mixteco is an indigenous language predominantly from Oaxaca, Mexico, with a strong presence in California—particularly in Ventura County.
With 65 variants of the Mixteco language, the variant heard in these books originates in the southern region of Oaxaca, specifically the San Martín Peras community.
During the event, Mixteco-speaking district staff were brought in for the first time to provide oral translations of myON books into Mixteco.
"We are delighted to support Oxnard with this joint project that provides myON titles in Mixteco to support students and the community.

Renaissance Releases All-New Edition of World's Largest Annual Study of K-12 Reading Habits

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn., March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, announces the release of its much-anticipated What Kids Are Reading (WKAR) report for 2023. The all-new report—celebrating 15 years—provides unmatched insight into what students are reading both digitally and in print. Throughout, this year's report reflects on 15 years of What Kids Are Reading, highlighting books with staying power that continue to be popular with students as well as the numerous guest authors featured throughout the years like Jeff Kinney, Dav Pilkey, and S.E. Hinton.

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"Teaching reading is no easy task, and reading itself isn't a skill we naturally acquire," said Dr. Michelle Hosp, Director of Foundational Literacy at Renaissance.
Popular books that, since the first WKAR report, continue to rank among the top 10 most-popular titles students are reading.
Together, these solutions personalize reading practice and provide access to reading materials—while sharing actionable data with educators to help guide reading instruction in the classroom.
To download a free copy of the report, explore students' reading habits by state, and create personalized book lists, please visit https://www.renaissance.com/resources/wkar/ .

National Report Shows Signs of Growth, Recovery Among Early Learners and Middle Schoolers

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, today released the latest edition of How Kids Are Performing, a report detailing student academic performance and growth during the 2021–2022 school year. The new report reveals that overall, student performance during the past school year continued to fall in reading and was consistent in math—it improved in the elementary grades and declined in the upper grades. Results vary considerably by individual grade level, but the report gives clear reasons for optimism as well as underscoring the need for the action and momentum to continue forward.

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Results vary considerably by individual grade level, but the report gives clear reasons for optimism as well as underscoring the need for the action and momentum to continue forward.
"In many cases, younger students are now exceeding what we would consider 'typical' growth in a single school year," said Dr. Gene Kerns, chief academic officer at Renaissance.
Yet after initial declines during the 20212022 school year, those two areas are now showing the strongest improvements in growth.
Kerns highlighted other "great examples of the progress educators and students have been making over the past year across the country.

Star Assessments Now Connect to Nearpod to Accelerate Student Growth

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Monday, August 15, 2022

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is pleased to introduce a powerful new connection between its industry-leading Star Assessments and Nearpod platforms to accelerate learning in the 2022–2023 school year. This is just one of the many exciting new product features that schools and districts can access for Back to School. Renaissance has also curated fun, engaging, and helpful resources for its products to help ensure a strong start for both educators and students as they are together again in the new school year.

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To better connect assessment, instruction, and practice, Star Assessments users now have one-click access to Nearpod's lesson library and learning resources within the Star platform.
Educators who are using Nearpod Math have access to additional content and tools within Star to support students' math achievement.
Star Phonics and Star CBM Lectura complement the company's other assessment offerings, providing educators with detailed insights on students' achievement and instructional needs.
Our portfolio includes solutions for assessment (Star Assessments, Star Phonics, and myIGDIs for Preschool); practice (Accelerated Reader, myON, Freckle, and Lalilo); data-driven insights (Schoolzilla); and teacher-facilitated instructional delivery (Nearpod).

Capstone appoints new CEO Randi Economou

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Capstone, an innovative publisher and education technology provider of children's content for schools and home, has named Randi Economou as its new CEO. Her appointment was effective July 11, 2022.

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MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Capstone, an innovative publisher and education technology provider of children's content for schools and home, has named Randi Economou as its new CEO.
Economou fills the interim role that principal and owner Bob Coughlan held over the past year and a half as a new chief executive was sought.
Economou has a successful track record with school districts across the country and is a nationally known industry expert, Coughlan noted.
"Randi brings the perfect background to Capstone to help us further our mission of delivering the best possible learning experiences for kids," said Coughlan.