Progress monitoring along with quick and effective identification of weak areas in individual reading skills is essential for monitoring and developing learning plans. These plans enable struggling readers to reach their full potential and even resolve issues before they become ingrained. The results are motivated students and improved test scores. MindPlay facilitates quicker and more effective diagnosis of K-10 reading gaps with a more comprehensive version of its computerized Reading Analysis & Prescription System, RAPS.
“As its name suggests, RAPS 360 extends diagnostic assessment into all reading areas,” says Kathie McStravick, Vice President of Marketing and Sales for MindPlay. “RAPS assesses phonics, visual and auditory discrimination, word meaning and recognition, and this new version now evaluates fluency, comprehension, eye-tracking and more. It does this quickly, enabling teachers to target the needs of particular students within 30 minutes.”
RAPS 360 helps teachers quickly gauge a student’s ability to read and comprehend grade level passages and then further diagnoses reading skills based on the determined proficiency levels. The program establishes a baseline for each skill area and continually measures student progress via an adaptive algorithm. Its series of diagnostic tests follows a two-pronged approach, both starting with a comprehensive screening assessment which determines the reading comprehension level.
Teachers can use the results to group students for targeted intervention or to customize the tests by grade level or functional ability. In addition, the program automatically develops an individualized learning plan that can be used to fill gaps with MindPlay’s My Reading Coach and FLRT – a fluent reading trainer, including recommendations on how to help students meet targeted goals as appropriate. The program reports on student performance within an entire district, a school, a class, and at the individual level and so is a useful tool for tracking adequate yearly progress. The reports include graphics and tables for easier comprehension.
For more information, visit www.mindplay.com.
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