When Lenae first met with her Redwood instructor, her score on the Chris Woodin math benchmark was just 9.8%. Her confidence was low, she was frequently absent, and, like so many students with learning differences, she had fallen behind in a system that couldn’t meet her needs.

After just three months within one of Redwood Literacy’s virtual school partnerships, Lenae scored 43.9% on the very same assessment. That’s nearly a full year’s worth of academic growth—in a quarter of the time.

This kind of transformation is exactly what Redwood’s model is built for: matching students with expert special education instructors who provide targeted, skill-building instruction while fulfilling IEP minutes with fidelity.

Two Challenges. One Powerful Solution.

School districts across the country are grappling with a persistent crisis: special education vacancies they can’t fill, and a lack of high-dosage, skill-specific instruction that helps students make real gains.

Redwood solves both of these challenges with a single, scalable solution. Through our school partnership model, students like Lenae receive:

• Legally compliant, fully certified IEP minute implementation
• High-impact, personalized small group instruction aligned with academic standards
• Progress monitoring data that tells a clear story of growth 

The Impact is Apparent

Lenae’s progress was measured against rigorous 7th grade standards, including fractions, geometry, algebraic reasoning, and probability. Highlights from her growth include:

• 0% accuracy → 100% accuracy on percent problems
• 0% accuracy → 100% accuracy on integer operations
• 10% accuracy → 44% accuracy overall score

And she achieved all this despite frequent absences and a shortened timeline. This is the kind of growth most schools hope to see over an entire academic year—and Lenae made it happen in just three months.

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Need Help Designing a High-Dosage Tutoring Schedule?

If you’re a district leader or school administrator who wants to create space in the schoolday for high-impact tutoring like this, check out Stanford’s step-by-step guide to designing tutoring that works. It offers practical models for how to build instructional time into even the most packed schedules.

Hear Directly from Our Teachers

Want to understand how this works in real classrooms? Listen to our teachers explain it in their own words. You’ll hear firsthand how students grow in confidence, how data drives instruction, and how our online model helps schools serve learners who have previously fallen through the cracks.

Ready to Partner?

Redwood doesn’t just offer tutoring. We provide licensed special education teachers who deliver both IEP-mandated services and skill-boosting instruction with measurable outcomes. It’s more than intervention; it’s a fully compliant, high-impact solution.

Lenae’s story isn’t a one-off—it’s the result of the right support delivered at the right time by the right people.

Redwood Literacy is currently enrolling new districts for the 2025–26 school year. If your school is facing staffing gaps, struggling to meet IEP mandates, or looking to build a more inclusive and effective intervention model, we’d love to talk.

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Want to learn more about how our partnership model works? Book a call today or email our Director of Partnerships at jillian@redwoodliteracy.com. 

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