187points
average Lexile gain across all students
1.2grade levels
average growth in 16 weeks
94%
of students improved at least one full grade level
How we measure.
Before the first session, every student receives a Lexile baseline assessment and a 6+1 Trait writing snapshot. At week 8 we check trajectory. At week 16 we remeasure. The difference is the result.
Long-Arc Proof
What 16-week cycles compound into.
A Canadian student started DODO at age 10. Three years later, at age 13, they sat the SSAT.
92percentile
SSAT Vocabulary
95percentile
SSAT Writing
Per-cycle Lexile and 6+1 Trait deltas (below) are the proximate measure. SSAT percentiles are what those deltas compound into across three years of consistent enrollment.
+200 Lexile points — approximately one grade level of reading growth
Grade 6 — arrived in Canada 14 months prior
“She started raising her hand in class around week ten. By the end she was the one asking the teacher follow-up questions.”
Parent
+220 Lexile points — approximately one grade level of reading growth
Grade 7 — preparing for Canadian secondary school entry
“I can actually argue a point now. Not just in English — I think differently.”
Student
+180 Lexile points — approximately one grade level of reading growth
Grade 5 — family relocating to Vancouver from Shanghai
+200 Lexile points — approximately one grade level of reading growth
Grade 8 — targeting top-tier US university pathway
“The Navigator did not fix my writing. They changed how I read. The writing fixed itself.”
Student
+190 Lexile points — approximately one grade level of reading growth
Grade 6 — bilingual household, Mandarin dominant
“We chose DODO because we wanted the Lexile data. The confidence was the part we did not expect.”
Parent
+210 Lexile points — approximately one grade level of reading growth
Grade 7 — Richmond BC, preparing for IB programme
6+1 Trait Writing Growth
Writing scores move because thinking moves.
The 6+1 Trait framework measures writing across seven dimensions — the same rubric used in Canadian and US classrooms. Entry and exit scores are assessed by the Navigator.
Why the numbers move
Lexile growth is a byproduct of cognitive training.
Students do not improve their Lexile score by practising Lexile tests. They improve by thinking more precisely — in both languages. The Loop is what causes the movement. The Loop is grounded in the MCT Language Arts tradition and Harvard Project Zero's Visible Thinking routines, delivered one-on-one by a Navigator with a graduate degree from a world top-50 university.
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