1st graders with better music skills scored higher (avg.) in reading

PreK & K students improved their music skills after daily practice for 10 weeks.

Lincoln Kindergarteners outscored all 50 Minneapolis schools
in letter sound acquisition

After using singing games to practice letter sounds for three months, three K classrooms at one school outscored all 50 schools in letter sound acquisition. They also made the most growth from fall to winter.

4th graders made huge gains in fluency*

After playing singing games and then reading their lyrics, a 4th grade class significantly improved in fluency and outscored the other 4th grade class.
* fluency is the ability to read words, phrases, sentences, and stories accurately, quickly, expressively, with good phrasing and good comprehension.

1st graders made phenomenal growth in reading

In the fall, most of one class of 1st grade students were below reading level. They practiced sight words daily using folk songs and singing games. After 3 months, 77% were reading at or near grade level, and by the end of the year, nearly all were reading at grade level.

2500 4th and 5th graders made phenomenal gains in reading

With $600,000 in funding from the MN Legislature, Rock ‘n’ Read implemented a singing-based software program, Tune into Reading (TiR) for 5 years. Our data analysis of the state reading test (MCA) scores from 2017 to 2018 affirmed the findings of existing controlled research studies that had found that students make 1 year reading gain (avg.) after singing songs with using TiR for 13.5 hours.

Note: the 500 fourth and fifth graders at those schools who did not use TiR did not make significant gains in reading levels on the MCA.

Although Rock ‘n’ Read is no longer implementing TiR, it is available from the company for home and school use. Click here