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About Us

Student Achievement provides various literacy and educational opportunities and support for school districts, educational organizations, communities, educators, and students.

From the Founder,
Dr. Cynthia Sweeney

Learning is an enduring process. I am excited to have the opportunity to share my knowledge of literacy learning and helpful techniques to help educational organizations and educators to facilitate comprehension development for diverse students. I specialize in assisting students in interacting effectively with the text to develop or enhance comprehension. I have over 18 years of teaching and leadership experience in suburban and urban elementary, secondary and post-secondary schools. 

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As an English, reading, English Language Learner Compliance Specialist and instructor at various schools, some with similar demographics, I realized there was a disconnect between oral language, syntactic knowledge, and printed text. Every year, I adopted pre, during and post-reading strategies to facilitate students’ understanding of a passage or develop a deeper understanding of the text. I understood that students needed to be reminded of these strategies and know-how to effectively use them and other reading techniques to become proficient readers. I used research-based and best practices for my students; however, I continuously observed comprehension deficits. ReaCT materialized from teaching experiences and research.

 

Reading Comprehension Technique (ReaCT) is a step-by-step process or method in which the reader analyzes printed text through the narrative structure of individual sentences. The student learns how to effectively interpret ideas in a paragraph or passage to connect ideas and explore the differences in sentence structure to understand the author’s ideologies and methods of development. Comprehension is impacted by syntactic knowledge.

 

ReaCT is a method in which students learn to read and comprehend through narrative structure and syntactic knowledge. The technique helps students break down sentences, then connect the ideas as they read, which allows them to understand the text, passage, or story. This method provides support for educational leaders, educators, and students. When instructing my students, I immediately saw success. Students became less frustrated, and they got it! SAI believes in "Helping You Achieve Your Greatest Potential" contact us so we can be a part of your student achievement.

Why Choose Us

We specialize in developing, deepening, and enhancing reading comprehension.

  • Allows you to understand what you are reading and purpose

  • Provides instantaneous comprehension feedback for teacher and students

  • Helps develops  decoding, fluency and comprehension 

  • Helps improve memory

  • Helps improve vocabulary

  • Helps group or classify information

  • Helps improve reading and writing skills

  • Helps distinguish source of information quickly

  • Helps improve literacy skills for other content areas

Kind Words from Kind People

Linda, Student

​"I can summarize with key details and in one sentence! Before, I was not sure what information to use for my summaries or summarizing the central idea."

Akiema, TRIO Connections, Seminole State College

 "...A great resource for the high school students that we work with in the district, especially those who are trying to get reading/verbal scores up to meet graduation requirements."

Sylvanna, Mother of a Student 

​"I feel extremely fortunate that my daughter has had an opportunity to learn from Cynthia at Student Achievement Institute.  The progress she had made was unbelievable-she went from a percentile rank of 15% in August of 2016 to an 84% less than a full school year! I am certain that the tools she has learned from Cynthia will help her excel."

Our Clients

Changing the Way Students Comprehend

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Contact

PO Box 4673 Winter Park FL

Winter Park, FL 32793

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