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We received the following letter from Anna M., a school teacher and grandmother.  Anna purchased The Reader’s Edge for her grandson who was studying to re-take the ACT.  The improvement in his reading skills is a story you must hear!  The following is the complete, un-edited letter from Anna:

“My grandson is a very bright young man with a very slow reading pace.  He took the ACT for the first time, as an 8th grader and he scored at 29 on the composite.  His reading score was 28.  Most people would be very happy with a 29 on the ACT.  He has had very high aspirations for college since he was in grade school.  For that reason, a 29 was not good enough for him.

He took the ACT, 5 more times and could never raise his reading score.  He did raise his composite score to 31, but that was still not good enough.  I felt like we needed more information about his ability and academic strengths and weaknesses.  I had him given a psycho educational battery of tests and I was a bit surprised at the results.  It showed he had a very high IQ, which I knew, but his learning was primarily auditory.  His visual abilities were just barely average.

By the time I got The Reader’s Edge to him, he had about 3 or 4 weeks to work on it before the next ACT opportunity.  He called me from school when he got the results and he was jubilant.  His composite score was 34.  That was good enough to place him in the second tier of scholarships for college admissions.  When he got the actual results, he called me again.  His reading score was a perfect 36.

I have been in education for 34 years and I have never seen such a dramatic result from any method, curriculum, or practice.  I am getting The Reader’s Edge for my other grandchildren!”

We at The Literacy Company wish this young man the best of luck in college.  Not only did The Reader’s Edge help him get INTO college, but with the skills he’s learned it will help him with his studies while IN college!