Sheila Larson

I just received Garrett’s STAR test results. He went from a 345 (top of Basic) to 392 (top of Proficient, and only 3 points from Advanced) this past year.

He received Barton tutoring 5 days a week at his school, and he just finished Level 7.

His grades — and his attitude — have improved so much.

I knew that the Barton System had made a big different and helped him greatly, but it is nice to see it confirmed by these test scores.

I’m thrilled.

During our year of homeschooling, my daughter got twice a week tutoring from a Certified Barton tutor. She is now in the middle of Level 4.

This year, I decided to re-enroll her in public school. Yesterday, the reading teacher listened to her read. Natalie read all the “assessments” for 4th grade perfectly. She made one error on the 5th grade assessment, and Natalie opted to try their 6th grade reading passage. She did pretty well on that one, too. That means in her 5th grade class, she will be able to read grade-level books independently.
Natalie said, “Mom, this Barton Tutoring really works!” She was very excited.

I can’t thank you enough for all the time you have given to help people with dyslexia

It was like an answer to a prayer that we found out about you and your program. I was hours away from ordering the Wilson System, but I did not have total peace in my heart about that program. I was new to learning differences and overwhelmed by all the choices.

I am a homeschooling mom of three boys. A counselor from the Homeschool Legal Defense Association called me late one afternoon. She encouraged me to look into your program. My husband (also dyslexic) and I were sold almost instantly. We said, “This is it.”

My son has done so well with your program. What an encouragement to see him progressing and retaining the knowledge. I can’t express in words our gratitude to you.

When it came to reading, my daughter’s frustration could be seen in her contorted face as she tried to sound out words. It was incredibly painful to watch her struggle day after day.

Today, after only 18 months of instruction with the Barton System, she enjoys reading! At night she goes to her room to read to her sister. She reads signs as we drive on the freeway. She even catches my errors. I’m dyslexic. I cannot tell you how her corrections bring tears to my eyes.

Feel free to give out my email address to anyone who wants to know how a dyslexic child has been successfully homeschooled using your program.

Two years ago, his fourth-grade teacher was talking about retention.
He is now at or above grade level in all subjects.

When the psychologist told me that my fourth-grade son, Dylan, had dyslexia, I flipped into denial. I wanted to continue to believe that he was just willful and stubborn about doing his homework.

But I could not ignore his dropping self-esteem and his growing lack of confidence in school.

He has been been getting one-on-one Barton tutoring since then, and he is very close to completing your system.

It is amazing to remember that two years ago, his fourth-grade teacher was talking about retention. He is now at and above grade level in all of his subjects.

Two years ago, he tested at the “basic” level in language arts on the STAR test. He is now only a few point from the “advanced” level.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I am tutoring 9 students. It is so rewarding to watch the transformation as each struggling student becomes a confident reader.

When my own daughter was in fourth grade, she was reading at a second grade level.

Thanks to the Barton System, by sixth grade, she was at a ninth grade level.

There are no words to describe the gratefulness in my heart when she finally started succeeding in school.

My daughter is in third grade. She started the Barton System in June and is now on Level 3, Lesson 8. She has gone from reading at a 2.3 AR (Accelerated Reader) at the beginning of the year (just 7 weeks ago) to a 6.3 AR level at the end of last week. My daughter wants me to laminate her latest report because she is soooooo proud.

Because I have seen such great success, and I truly believe in this program, I’m making small steps in the direction of educating others. I met with the principal today to talk about holding an in-service day on dyslexia and starting a support group for parents. I had some of my daughter’s reading scores, writing samples, and grades from this quarter with me — and the principal was impressed by her growth.

She said they are always looking for new resources to use, and that what I’m doing is in the direction that the school would like to take. She was very interested in learning more about the Barton Reading & Spelling System, as long as it was scientifically based — which I assured her it was.

There is no amount of money I could pay
that would compensate you for this program’s worth

At the beginning of the school year, my son (who had repeated first grade twice) was scoring at the 1st grade 7th month in reading, with an instructional level at Kindergarten 6 months. His self-esteem was at an all-time low, his frustration level was at an all-time high, and he hated school. Showing him a page of print would immediately send him into a panic.

He was tested for dyslexia and was found to have a moderate-to-severe form of it, along with a very high IQ. There were absolutely no resources for him in our entire area. I read everything I could get my hands on about dyslexia. I found the Barton System online and decided, after reading other glowing reports from parents, that this program could work.

I could tell right away during Level 1 that his phonemic awareness skills were very poor. However, the way the Barton System presented dissecting words and hearing sounds began to ring bells for him immediately.

I began to go to his school daily to tutor him in place of his Spanish class. It was obvious he was making strides. He never balks at reading anymore.

School has been in session for 18 weeks. His reading level was reassessed this past week. He is now at the 2nd grade 9th month level. His instructional reading level went from K-6 to 3.1. For the first time ever, he is no longer in the “below average” range. In fact, he is at the 73rd percentile. His spelling scores are also outstanding.

The biggest change of all is in his self-esteem. He is like a different child.

I realize that Barton Reading is a business, and that I paid for the materials, but I still think that you deserve a world of thanks. My child’s entire future will forever be positively impacted by this program! There is no amount of money I could pay that would adequately compensate you for this program’s worth. My son’s dyslexia, which had been a huge problem in his life, is being very successfully and rather easily remediated.