Reading Programs

Achieve3000: KidBiz3000 & TeenBiz3000 combined, form a supplemental, web-based literacy program in vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and writing for students in grades 2-12. KidBiz3000 is for students in grades 2-5 and TeenBiz3000 is for students in grades 6-12. The programs provide practice reading nonfiction text and include extension activities designed to address vocabulary, reading comprehension, a relevant math problem, and written output.

At the initial log-in for each student he or she automatically takes a pre-test called LevelSet. LevelSet is an assessment unique to KidBiz3000 and TeenBiz3000. It requires students to read text, answer comprehension questions and then it calculates the Lexile^® reading level. After the placement test, students begin the five step process of the 40 minute session. During Step 2 of the five step process, students read a news article. All students in the same grade receive the same news article to read, but the Lexile level of the article has been adjusted for successful independent reading by each student.

EdGate: Total Reader (TR) is a tool for measuring and improving a student's reading levels from grades 3-12. This application is web-based and requires no software installation on a school server or local computer.

Students choose and read age-appropriate Lexiled passages, each with a series of omitted words, called cloze items. For each omitted word (which is representative of the text's overall Lexile measure), the student sees four possible substitutions; by clicking a word, the student fills in the text and can continue reading. The cloze item is presented within the context and flow of the reading passage; the student need not stop or move back and forth between a separate answer page and the passage. The reading passages and their associated cloze items are referred to as testlets.

After a student completes an initial set of testlets (the equivalent of 40 cloze items), Total Reader produces a Lexile measure. All subsequent testlets completed will monitor the student's Lexile measure and report the new measure when change occurs. This way, Total Reader continually generates updated Lexile measures and students are always aware of their reading range. The system records and represents progress in a series of reports.

Hampton-Brown: The Edge and Insider are both instructional programs. "Edge," is a core reading/language arts program designed for high school students who have not mastered essential reading, writing and language skills and are typically reading two or more years below grade level. "Insider" is a core reading/language arts program designed for middle school students. This program is designed to build the language and literacy skills that middle school students need to pass exit exams and need to graduate from high school.

The Reading Level Gains Test shows gains in reading proficiency over time with reading proficiency reported in a Lexile measure. There are three parallel forms allowing for testing at three points during a year or from one year to the next. To view an Executive Summary on Reading Level Gains Test and Placement Test for Inside and Edge, click here.

The addition of Lexile measures within the Hampton-Brown Edge program provides educators with a comprehensive approach for determining the reading abilities of high school-level striving readers and English language learners (ELL), connecting them with targeted instructional activities that can improve literacy skills, and monitoring growth in reading ability throughout the school year.

Houghton Mifflin: Earobics delivers instruction for students in pre-kindergarten to third grade. It is comprised of print and digital blend that incorporates multimedia materials, books, teacher's guides and other resources, in addition to software instruction to support phonemic awareness and to automatically guide the appropriate instructional path. Classroom versions of Earobics Step 1 (ages 4-7) and Earobics Step 2 (ages 7-10) support 35 students per workstation, and are customizable to suit the needs of individuals.

The first time a student begins using Earobics Reach, the student takes a placement test to determine his or her current reading comprehension ability. Based on the Lexile score as determined by this assessment, the system places the student into the program at a level that is appropriately challenging.

Six weeks after a student begins working in Earobics Reach, and every six weeks thereafter, a Level Assessment is automatically administered to the student. Similar in format but shorter in length than the placement test the student completes when he or she first begins the program, this 20-question multiple-choice test produces an updated Lexile score with which the student's progress over time can be monitored.

Pearson/Longman/Prentice Hall: MyReadingLab is a program specifically created for developmental reading students. It is an online application that combines diagnostics, practice exercises, tests and powerful assessment to help improve student reading skills and reading level.

The Lexile system in MyReadingLab diagnoses a student's reading ability over time. It begins with a Locator Test that estimates the student's initial reading level and continues by providing readings and accompanying diagnostic tests that incrementally adjust the estimate of the student's reading level with increasing precision. The student's initial score is just an estimate. It is determined by a student's ability but also by a host of random factors. The Lexile system re-diagnoses the student with additional readings, and it is through these additional readings and tests that the student gets a much more precise and reliable estimate of their reading ability. As the student reads additional selections and takes additional diagnostic tests, their score is incrementally adjusted based not only on their score on the specific diagnostic test but also by their history in the Lexile system.

Scholastic, Inc. publishes comprehensive reading intervention programs for students in grades 3-12. READ 180 is a comprehensive reading intervention program proven to meet the needs of struggling readers in grades 3-12. The program directly addresses individual needs through differentiated instruction; adaptive and instructional software; high-interest literature and nonfiction; and direct instruction in reading, writing and vocabulary skills.

System 44 ™ is a breakthrough foundational reading program for the most challenged readers. The program includes state-of-the-art adaptive reading technology that delivers direct, explicit, research-based instruction, as well as engaging, high-interest print materials for student practice in reading, writing and spelling.

Both reading intervention programs rely on the screening, placement and progress-monitoring features of Scholastic Reading Inventory , a computer-adaptive assessment created with MetaMetrics that provides a Lexile measure and immediate positive feedback for students engaged in the assessment.

Scholastic also publishes many notable supplemental reading programs based on the Lexile Framework, including Scholastic Reading Counts! , a software program that helps teachers track students' independent reading progress, and ReadAbout , an adaptive, leveled, nonfiction, reading system for grades 3-8 that includes software that differentiates instruction, high-interest print materials and comprehensive teacher resources.

Supported by Scholastic Reading Inventory , these programs measure and report students’ growth in Lexile measures. A fully independent assessment, Scholastic Reading Inventory also can be used outside Scholastic curriculum programs to match students with text and to monitor reading development on the individual, classroom, school and district level.

Sopris West: LANGUAGE! i s a comprehensive reading program designed for students in grades 3-12 who are reading two or more years below grade level, English language learners (ELLs) and students in special education. LANGUAGE! is a research and evidence-based program that teaches literacy explicitly, sequentially, and cumulatively.

By embedding the Lexile Framework within the LANGUAGE! intervention program, educators can use students' Lexile measures to better differentiate classroom instruction for struggling readers and monitor growth in reading ability throughout the school year.

Based on placement test results, students are assigned to one of six instructional levels within their Lexile range. Each level comprises cumulative and sequential multisensory activities for developing skills in phonemic awareness and phonics, word recognition and spelling, vocabulary and morphology, and grammar and usage. At the conclusion of each instructional level, students take a progress indicator test to measure growth and enable teachers to adjust instruction based on each student's reading ability.

Read a newspaper article about a successful implementation of LANGUAGE! in South Carolina.

Voyager Expanded Learning: Passport Reading Journeys is a daily, 50-minute reading intervention system for middle and high school students reading two or more years below grade level. The program uses video DVDs with teen hosts, online comprehension and vocabulary activities and high-interest topics, such as forensics, that keep students interested and motivated to improve their reading skills. Student growth is measured in terms of Lexiles.

The Passport Reading Journeys III Library includes a diverse collection of Lexile-leveled novels and short stories, fiction and non-fiction, that work well for either independent or partnered reading.

Thinkronize: netTrekker d.i. is a safe Internet search engine, specifically designed to support differentiated instruction, provides educators with fast and easy access to more than 180,000 educator-selected, standards-based online resources. The search engine goes a step further by assigning each resource a readability measure based on Lexile ratings and eight other popular methods. Using the standards-based search results generated by netTrekker d.i., an educator can find grade level content at one of five reading levels (including a Lexile measure) match to a particular student's abilities.

Voyager Expanded Learning: Passport Reading Journeys is a daily, 50-minute reading intervention system for middle and high school students reading two or more years below grade level. The program uses video DVDs with teen hosts, online comprehension and vocabulary activities and high-interest topics, such as forensics, that keep students interested and motivated to improve their reading skills. Student growth is measured in terms of Lexiles.

The Passport Reading Journeys III Library includes a diverse collection of Lexile-leveled novels and short stories, fiction and non-fiction, that work well for either independent or partnered reading.