Scientific Learning Reading Assistant

Reading Assistant acts as a patient, non-judgmental listener for struggling, self-conscious readers and provides the much needed reading practice that benefits all students. Readers are helped by interactive resources, immediate feedback on errors, and private playback. Teachers receive assessment reports as if they had been sitting next to their students, listening.

• Using research-validated speech recognition technology, Reading Assistant "listens" to a child as he or she reads aloud.
• Monitoring for signs of difficulty, the program intervenes with assistance when the student is challenged by a word.
• The software maintains careful performance records and the corresponding audio of each reading session for review by the student and teacher.

Students listen to a model fluent reading of the passage, preview vocabulary, and read the passage orally. After reading, students, review problematic words they did not understand, and playback their reading.

Reading Assistant guides students through a comprehensive sequence of instructions to maximise fluency, vocabulary and comprehension growth. Quizzes assess comprehension.

Readers are encouraged to re-visit unfamiliar text and re-read selections to build fluency and master each selection.