From Stilwell’s Learning Center
A 9th grader reading below 4th grade level would become so frustrated he would hit himself in the head. Within about 4 weeks, doing 2-3 lessons a day in Expressways To Reading® with much emphasis on handwriting, he stopped hitting himself and began doing the lessons at high speeds with good accuracy.
“My son received his report card on 3-23-09. His grades have been so much better since we have enrolled him at Stilwell’s Learning Center. On this report card he had 3 A’s, 3 B’s and 2 C’s. The C’s were very close to being B’s. Thank you so much for all your help.”
A 15-year-old boy using QuikComp® scored at 6th grade level when pre-tested in reading. After only 5 weeks, he tested at 10th grade in both reading and comprehension.
Sarah began with Stilwell’s Learning Center in July, 2006 with 2nd grade levels in all of her work. In April, 2007, her school found she now tests at nearly 6th grade level in everything.
Three children and their mother studied at Stilwell’s Learning Center for three months in the summer and returned to Korea able to communicate well in English. Their accent was good and they were becoming fluent both in speaking and in comprehension. Their test scores improved during the three months approximately three whole grade levels.
A fifth grade girl attending for acceleration for four months, four days per week, spent 20 minutes on Expressways To Reading®, 20 minutes on Expressways To Math®, and 20 minutes on QuikComp® each session. At the end of approximately 20 hours using each system, she made gains of about a year in reading, in comprehension, and in math.
My (son) Muka is just flying! Progress reports come out this Friday and he will be getting a progress report for the very first time without any D’s or F’s. He made two B’s and 3 C’s…without a tutor and no help from me or my husband. He has been so studious and it’s only been three months since he began Expressways To Reading® (ETR).
Mary is a 41 year-old adult. She has spent the greater part of her life in schools where they tried everything they could find to help her overcome dyslexia, ADHD, and various other learning disabilities. In August 2007, she began work at Stilwell’s Learning Center and was tested with an average 5th & 6th grade skill level in spelling, reading, and comprehension areas. Her vocabulary was low. She spent twenty hours each week studying Expressways to Reading® only. When re-tested after finishing Lesson 190 at the end of November 2007, she tested in the 11th grade range in everything. within ETR®, correcting every error and increasing her speeds gradually to higher levels. She has been excited since the very beginning and is currently working with two lessons of ETR®, one lesson of QuikComp®, and one lesson of AdVocab® everyday. She continues to make very exciting progress and expects to finish the language-oriented learning systems by July. Then she wants to continue with the three math systems. Meanwhile, she is taking one college course and making progress in it each week. Her husband is amazed at her increased and elevated vocabulary.
A 7th grade girl started last March and has now advanced at least 4 grade levels and is at lesson 221, having finished every lesson from lesson 1 forward to 200. She is so excited that for the first time in her life she is getting all A’s except for one B. Many teachers had told the parents that she would never be able to learn like others because of having such a poor background as an orphan before she was adopted at age 2. Her parents are proud of her and love her very much. Her teachers are dumbfounded.
“We can not express how grateful we are for how much Bryan has grown in all aspects of his person as a result of your intervention.”
“Darius had an ‘F’ in his first Quarter’s grade report. The 2nd quarter’s report was an ‘A.’
One of our 10th grade students made an overall gain of 4 yrs 3 months in reading accuracy utilizing QuikComp® and Advocab® during a 4 month period. His vocabulary age increased by 1.5 yrs.
One family has been working on the Expressways To Reading and Math systems at Stilwell’s Learning Center for about 4 months. The mother is gaining reading and math skills right along with her 2 children. The second grader is now at least 3rd grade level in everything, including math. The daughter reached an overall 9th grade level while still in 6th grade.
From a parent: “Thanks for helping our son. He enjoys seeing you and participating in what he had previously considered remedial work. I can not express in words the relief that his father and I feel seeing the improvements in his self-concept, writing, and overall academic engagement.”Nelson did not want to come to Stilwell’s Learning Center but now he thanks his mother for requiring it. His school teacher is very pleased with his improvement. He now enjoys coming.
“This morning, as Bryan and his Dad drove to school, Bryan was reading the lunch menu out loud. His Dad commented Bryan was reading so much better. To which, Bryan responded, “You know, now that I can read, I feel like studying more”. Thanks Chuck. ”
“I am so happy with Stilwell’s Learning Center. For the first time I have hope. My vocabulary has increased with so many different words. I’ve learned techniques and how to not just control Dyslexia but hopefully do away with most all of it. I’m learning little items like the different ways of spelling the sound ‘-er’. My husband says my diction is better. I am actually able to teach my seven year old son how to enunciate correctly and spell words. I have only finished fifty lessons, and I am so encouraged.” Mary S.
Abby, a sixth-grader came to Stilwell’s Learning Center with very poor grades in math. After a few months she progressed from ETM I to ETM II. Recently she came to the center very excited. She was the first to finish the fraction tests and received an “A” grade.
A fifth grader with poor grades and retention concerns was able to finish 10 lessons each week for the first month. She just reported she is now on the honor roll at school.
A teacher’s aide in an AZ center explained, “Parents have commented how their children can now follow 3-4 instructions without having to repeat over and over. I’m just ecstatic over the program.
Success Stories Nationwide!
From Cananea, Mexico comes a couple of encouraging reports from an ETL lab working only with adults and with only one computer. “Over the past few years I have been an ESL instructor with Expressways To Reading.® I have learned to communicate in English better myself. I have also acquired the ability to play the guitar better. My dream was to be able to play pieces for the flamenco guitar. I am accomplishing my dream. Both my cerebral hemispheres are balancing.” Angel Vargas
From one of the students from Cananea, Mexico: “This is a testimony of what ETL system has developed for me throughout these first 50 lessons. All of my vocabulary for English and Spanish has improved. I am perfecting my use of the English language with improved retention and comprehension skills. Overall, The Expressways To Learning® systems have enabled me to perform better in my daily activities. Benefits of ETL systems seem infinite. I want to thank Mr. Stilwell and Angel Vargas for introducing ETL to our city. I am sure that in the future it will be of great benefit to many people…finding it a real vanguard for education as well as a personal achievement. Josue Fabian Rozada Enriquez.”
Teachers from a public school in south Texas have shared encouraging accounts about their students in their Expressways To Reading® labs, almost 100% of whom have English as their second language.They report increased attendance and confidence, improved pronunciation of words, participation in class, increased attention span, and decreased disruptive behavior along with increase in reading skill and comprehension.
A principal from a private school in American Samoa wrote, “The school is doing great… We have 717 students this year from K-3 through high school. I can’t begin to express how much Expressways To Reading® is making a difference here on this campus with our students and staff. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! There are so many stories I can tell you of how Expressways To Reading® has helped so many students already…with great improvement in school and at home.
The principal of one Texas public school reported they had implemented a program whereby all the first through fourth grade students were receiving 45 minutes daily in the Expressways To Reading® lab. “This is a wonderful opportunity for all students, including acceleration for those without learning difficulties.”
An ETL lab teacher in a private Florida school wrote that classroom teachers there frequently reported their observations to her that many children were enrolled in Expressways To Reading® became calmer in the classrooms and showed positive personality changes. >
An ETL lab teacher in Florida explained that Sarah had been recommended for retention in second grade. After two months in Expressways To Reading® she went from failing grades to two C’s, two B’s, and two A’s. Her math grades jumped to 98% and 100%. She was selected as Student of the Month!
A first grader in a public school in Texas did not know the alphabet or any letter sounds before coming to the Expressways To Learning® lab.He soon began reading and his attitude and behavior improved markedly. As his teacher explained, when the neurological connection between the auditory and visual stimuli was achieved through Expressways To Learning®’s A-VIP process, everything fell into place.
Bryan, a third grader,came to an Expressways To Learning® lab in a private school in CA. At that time he was unable to correctly distinguish one consonant from another. Within three months he was spelling three-letter words accurately and consistently as well as reading short paragraphs.
A young man, with a severe head injurycaused by an accident, referred by the Department of Human Services in Tennessee to an ETL learning center. He could hardly speak, walk, or write. He was brought to the center in a wheelchair daily for about two years. His neurologist was amazed by his progress. When he left he enrolled in a University where he did well.
A girl confined to a wheelchair from Wisconsin had two shunts in her brain that kept dislodging and floating into her body. Since she had surgery to reposition the shunts about three years previous to entering a private school Expressways lab, she had not been able to read at all. This was even after a special reading program was provided for her by social services all the previous year. When she started Expressways To Reading® tests showed she was at a pre-kindergarten level. After a couple of months she was reading at a first to second grade level, making real improvement for the first time since the surgery.
Darren began Expressways To Reading® primarily because of an eye-tracking problem. He had glasses prescribed by an excellent doctor, so the private Michigan center encouraged him to use them. They emphasized the Expressways To Reading® programs that use eye-tracking. They also used NIMs with him for 15 minutes each day. He came back after a couple of months with a report from his doctor that indicated he no longer needed glasses!
A first grader in Texas could not read or spell and was quiet and shy. In just 3 months she enjoyed reading even to other students. She also did very well in spelling. In a 6 weeks’ test of 50 words, she placed third, missing only 3 words out of 50.
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An ETL lab in a public school in Texas served over 80 At-Risk students with eligibility determined by non-mastery in one or more subjects in the state-mandated assessment tests. They become ineligible when they passed those tests at the end of the year. The following year they had fewer than 10 returning students!
Jose in Texas was a first grader who was struggling in reading and writing. He was referred to an Expressways To Reading® lab at the beginning of the school year. By March he had become one of the top readers in the lab, having improved in fluency, comprehension and writing. He was always eager to learn, coming in with a big smile each day, ready to tackle the work. His teacher noted such great improvement in all his subjects that she recommended he be tested for Gifted and Talented.
A 53-year-old in Tennessee could not read a single word before beginning in Expressways To Reading®. He quickly began to read entire sentences. His handwriting also improved.
In Texas a teacher reported that Esther had developed greater reading skills and improved in comprehension and in her tests. She then worked well with her peers and had become more outgoing.
We expect at least 2 year’s gain in 6-10 months of tutoring
with our Expressways to Learning® systems.
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