ESL ReadingSmart accelerates English language development through comprehensive resources, over 148 lessons with accompanying instructional material written in varied English proficiency levels, a unique newcomers' program for beginning English language learners, high-interest reading selections, and the innovative Student Assessment module. This module allows teachers to track student progress in terms of readability and grade level gains based on The Lexile Framework for Reading®.

ESL ReadingSmart assures solid gains in standardized tests - Statistical analysis has proven that ESL ReadingSmart is an effective intervention that raises students' reading and language scores in standardized tests. See Effectiveness section.

Katy ISD 2007 Final Report
HISD 2006-2007
A Study of an Online Reading Intervention for Secondary ELLs

ESL ReadingSmart individualizes instruction. A built-in placement test creates an individualized learning path for each student. Alternatively, teachers can select the starting level for each of their classes. ESL ReadingSmart provides a Newcomers' Program and a multi-genre, multicultural Reading Program written on four proficiency levels: Beginner (Level 1), Intermediate (Level 2), Early Advanced (Level3), and Advanced (Level 4). As ESL ReadingSmart is an online intervention, it may be accessed by teachers and students from any location with an Internet connection, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

ESL ReadingSmart tracks student progress. The Student Assessment section of ESL ReadingSmart offers teachers and administrators the capability of running daily, weekly and progress student reports. These reports summarize students’ work online and include their scores on activities and quizzes. Teachers can see students performance at their assigned level as well as their readability and grade level gains based on The Lexile Framework for Reading®.

ESL ReadingSmart supports standard-based ELD curriculum. The program is widely-used in the United States. It has been implemented in many school districts in Texas, California, Florida, New York, New Mexico, Arizona, Illinois, Ohio, Norh Dakota, Massachusetts, Michigan, and North Carolina, among others. It is correlated to theEnglish Language Development Standards for California Public Schools, New York State ESL Learning Standards, Texas English Language Proficiency Standard, to Florida, New Mexico, Arizona, Ohio and to the WIDA Consortium standards. The program is also used in Canada, China, and Mexico and is aligned to the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) international ELP standards.