Testimonials

“The program works. Within 9 months of using the materials and program, 88% of students in Grades 1-3 rose 1-5 grade levels in reading above grade levels. It is awesome.” –Principal Robyne Lewis, Sipley Elementary School (Chicago Tribune reported in an article published, Dec. 9, 1998, “Combinations Help Readers Unlock Words: Woodridge Uses a New Approach,” by Casey Banas: “In September 1997, Lewis brought in Ricki Linksman, a Naperville reading consultant, for a conference on literacy skills. After that session, the principal and teachers developed their program over the next year and began using it in September….Robert Clinkert, associate superintendent for instruction in Woodridge Elementary School District 68, lauded the Sipley plan for its ‘extraordinary quality’ and has told the teachers, ‘Your plan is a model plan for the district and schools across the nation.'”

"2/3 of the students in grades 1-3 rose from 1-7 grade levels in reading above grade level in one school year. “In that one year, I learned more about teaching reading from Ricki Linksman than from my entire college education."

“Before using Keys to Reading Success in our elementary and middle school, this high minority, high poverty school district was one of the lowest in the state in reading as measured on the ISAT Reading Test and had never made AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress). Within six months of using Keys to Reading Success, reading scores rose and the school made AYP for the first time. Discipline problems dropped, students were engaged in learning, and 2/3 of the students were reading several years above their grade level.”

“Before using the program, 2/3 of the students in grades 6 and 8 scored below state average on Illinois state IGAP tests. After 8 months of using the materials and program from National Reading Diagnostics Institute, 2/3 of the students in grades 6 and 8 scored above state average on the Illinois state IGAP tests.”

“Our school which has 83% of its students who are Spanish-speaking made AYP on the ISAT Reading Test within the year it used Keys to Reading Success.”

“We used Keys to Reading Success for a year, and our school scored above state standards on the California state Reading Test. We also scored higher than the state and city average in reading.”

“Ricki has a heart to make a difference in the lives of those who struggle with reading. She has developed an unique reading program based on brain processing and learning styles, which undertakes to teach ANYONE how to read and most importantly how to comprehend the content matter. We have had remarkable success with 100’s of students utilising Ricki’s Superlinks to Accelerate Learning, Off the Wall Phonics, and Keys to Reading Program, and consider it an honor to be a part of her work.”