BellXcel’s evidence-base meets ESSA's highest tier of evidence (Tier 1). Rigorous third-party studies show that Scholar Zone can increase reading and math gains by up to 2.5 months.
Scholar Zone Extended Learning | Grades K–8
Elevate Student Performance During Extended Day
Scholastic Scholar Zone Extended Learning Powered by BellXcel is an easy-to-use extended day curriculum proven to raise outcomes in reading and math and guaranteed to keep students engaged.
Scholar Zone Extended Learning | Grades K–8
Elevate Student Performance During Extended Day
Scholastic Scholar Zone Extended Learning Powered by BellXcel is an easy-to-use extended day curriculum proven to raise outcomes in reading and math and guaranteed to keep students engaged.
Strong Evidence for Exceptional Gains
“The Scholar Zone Extended Learning curriculum has been such a great tool for our after-school program . . . in the last 8 months, we have had more than half of the students in our program score 1–3 grade levels higher than their initial test scores! We loved this curriculum so much that we extended it to our summer program!”
Think Outside the School Day
Looking for innovative solutions to elevate student outcomes? Evidence shows that extended-day programs like Scholar Zone are exactly the kind of “outside the box” thinking that leads to greater academic growth and progress.
Easy to Use
With scripted lesson plans and a highly structured scope and sequence, Scholar Zone Extended Learning is an easy-to-implement curriculum with hard-to-beat results.
Robust Curriculum
Encourage literacy skills development and expand mathematical thinking with an engaging curriculum grounded in research.
Proven to Work
Rigorous internal and third-party evaluations prove that Scholar Zone Extended Learning delivers positive, consistent impact for youth, families, educators.
Engaging
Exciting Scholastic books, texts, and activities ensure your scholars are in the zone during extended learning.
Enriching
An enrichment curriculum fosters well-being and strengthens life skills with engaging activities that positively shape your program’s culture.
Encourage Literacy Skills Development and Deepen Knowledge
Scholar Zone Extended Learning Reading/Writing builds literacy skills through a flexible, easy-to-implement curriculum.
- Engage scholars and improve fluency with short, captivating fiction and nonfiction texts.
- Enhance comprehension with read-aloud texts, building background knowledge and fostering connections with diverse content.
- Deepen knowledge by exploring cross-content magazine articles and encourage discussions that strengthen speaking and listening skills.
- Interact with texts through drawing, writing, creating, and engaging in prompted discussions and debates.
- Support facilitators with coaching strategies, planning and pacing, teacher notes, instructions, and answer keys for every session.
A Math Curriculum You Can Count On
Our math curriculum is aligned to core concepts that scaffold and recur from kindergarten to 8th Grade.
- Encourage critical thinking through solving and analyzing real-world problems.
- Engage scholars with interactive math activities.
- Connect scholars with real-world math through magazines and short texts related to STEAM subjects.
- Enhance math skills, knowledge, and understanding with informative graphics.
- Support facilitators with coaching strategies, planning and pacing, teacher notes, instructions, and more.
See the Impact
Explore the results of Scholar Zone in randomized controlled trials, third-party evaluations, and rigorous internal studies.
BellXcel Evidence Summary
An evaluation and rigorous review of research by internal and external third parties.
Explore the Program
Scholar Zone Extended Learning Powered by BellXcel brings together all the tools you need to run a successful program, including online program management and an engaging curriculum for reading/writing, math, or both subject areas.
Teacher Instruction
Robust teacher resources support facilitators in planning, pacing, and instruction to ensure program implementation with fidelity.
Student Workbooks
Student workbooks include materials to encourage literacy skills development and expand mathematical thinking.
Books and Materials
A wealth of engaging fiction and nonfiction books, magazine articles, and activities support instruction and learning.
Digital Program Management
Get analytics and reporting, communicate with families, and reference all your digital resources with Arly, BellXcel's program management solution.
Professional Learning
Asynchronous self-paced professional learning modules improve teachers' proficiency to deliver high-quality instruction.
Enrichment Curriculum
Expand learning opportunities with Explorers by Arly. This digital enrichment curriculum fosters exploration, life skills, and a positive program environment.
- The elementary curriculum focuses on understanding and practicing life skills through fun activities.
- The middle school curriculum emphasizes leadership to foster responsibility, compassion, and capability.
Keep the Achievement Going This Summer
Extend your Scholar Zone experience with Reading/Writing and Math summer curricula for 4 to 8 weeks of instruction.
Scholar Zone Summer ELA
Grounded in the Science of Reading, Scholar Zone Summer provides effective, high-quality literacy instruction.
Scholar Zone Summer Math
Aligned to core mathematical concepts, Scholar Zone Summer Math develops metacognition and mathematical thinking.
