Flocabulary: SAT Vocabulary has been shown to increase SAT scores. ABC News reports that scores. ABC News reports students in Menchville High School in Newport News, Virginia, had an average score of 420 on the verbal portion of the SAT before Flocabulary was introduced. After Flocabulary: SAT Vocabulary was introduced to all 11th graders, the average verbal score rose 57 points. That's a 13.5% increase!
An assistant principal from Menchville High told ABC News, "Teachers from all disciplines took the idea of engaging students through rap and clearly saw a difference in student engagement." Menchville High serves a large, racially mixed community. According to the assistant principal, "All groups of students commented that they felt we were finally in tune with their needs." You can read the whole ABC News story.
Here is what others have said:
“Never in all my days of teaching have I seen students so motivated by a learning tool.”
- Karel Lancaster, Assistant Principal, Martin de Porres High School, Brooklyn, NY
“Flocabulary - Everyone’s into it, and they’re really learning their vocabulary.”
-Good Morning America
