Keys to Reading Success™ has proven to raise 88-98% of all student’s reading levels from 2 to 5 grade levels in less than 9 months.

It has raised student scores on state tests from 2/3 of the students scoring below state standard to 2/3 scoring above state standards in one school year.

Whether used by schools to supplement and enhance the work they are already doing to help every student read at grade level, or as an adjunct to their Reading First program, Keys to Reading Success is the intervention of choice to reach students who are not succeeding, even when all other programs have not worked.

“With all the emphasis on reading in K-3, we still had students who continued to struggle to meet state standards. Keys to Reading Success™ provided us with the tools and methods helped those students also succeed. We cannot wait for them to move at the same pace as other students or they will always be behind. Keys to Reading Success helps them to accelerate them to catch up within the school year.” --Elementary School Principal, Idaho

“Our students made excellent gains in reading using Keys to Reading Success™. They succeeded beyond our expectations.” –Primary Teacher, Kankakee Schools, Illinois

Use Keys to Reading Success™ with the Power of Internet Technology to:

·          Administer quick and easy reading screenings to find students who are reading below grade level.

·          Easily administer a complete on-line reading diagnostic test within minutes to students to give an instant profile of your student’s reading level, fluency, word-reading ability, vocabulary, and comprehension skills, phonics skills, and phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, and graphophonemic awareness.

·          Generate instant reports and an Individual Reading Plan for each student to know what gaps to remediate.

·          Provide targeted instruction to insure mastery of reading using you own program materials or use the extensive online resources available included with Keys to Reading Success™.

·          Disaggregate data to form flexible groupings for instruction.

·          Automatically monitor, document and report progress and growth.

Special Features of Keys to Reading Success™:

Screening and Diagnosis:

Using the power of technology Keys to Reading Success™ provides, in real time, a complete diagnosis of students’ reading levels and skills in word-reading, comprehension (literal and inferential), vocabulary, reading speed, and fluency rate. There are also phonics tests, phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, and graphophonemic awareness tests. Tests are scored instantly with immediate results. 

The program automatically generates an individual reading plan that prescribes what to teach the student for improvement, and produces reports for each student that you can use as the basis for instruction in reading.

The diagnostic and assessment data is disaggregated into numerous fields to meet the reporting needs of classroom teachers, and to meet the requirements of NCLB for your school and state.

An optional learning style and brain hemispheric preference test helps the teacher find the student’s strongest learning modality so the student can receive instruction adapted to accelerate learning. 

Instruction:

·          Keys to Reading Success™ contains an entire course of study in all aspects of reading with proven, explicit metacognitive lesson plans. For those students who cannot decode words due to lack of phonics skills, there is an accelerated course in phonics that can be taught within four to nine months so your students can gain the skills to decode any text.

·          Phonics lessons come with 82 make-it-yourself books, with word walls, word lists, cut-apart word cards, and charts. They also include comprehension questions so that even students reading at beginning phonics levels can gain comprehension and test-taking strategies needed for success on state and standardized reading tests.

·          Lessons in literal and inferential comprehension and vocabulary skills help K-3 students develop strategies to understand a wide variety of texts. All lessons are aligned to state standards.

·          Test-taking strategies helps teachers prepare students for class, district, state, and national tests. The combination of the comprehension, vocabulary, advanced word-reading skills, and test-taking strategies have raised student scores on state and national tests.

·          Lessons are included that apply comprehension, vocabulary, and test-taking skills to content area subjects such as science, social studies, literature, math, etc. with alternative strategies in all learning style and brain styles to accelerate student learning.

Assessment and Tracking Progress Monitoring:

·          Keys to Reading Success™ provides quick re-assessment and instant reports whether students have mastered the skills and have made measurable gains. Formative assessments can be administered continually throughout the year.

·          The program keeps track of results for ease of progress monitoring and reporting.
 

Student Involvement:

·          Student reports and lesson plans help students understand why they are learning the various skills help students become active participants in their own goal setting and progress.

 Parent Involvement:

·          Parent involvement take-home pages help parents reinforce the weekly lessons. These fun and easy-to-use resources are written in parent-friendly language.

Motivate Student Success

·          Keys to Reading Success™ is a tool that raises students’ self-esteem and motivation so they realize they can achieve. 

·          Empower your students to be lifelong lovers of reading.

How can I see the program in action? You can arrange to have an on-line demo from any computer with an Internet connection. Without leaving your school or home, see how this time saving, cost-effective, and proven program can help your students succeed.

Call for a quick on-line demonstration today!

Keys Learning: (630) 717-4221 or email: info@keyslearning.com