
Awards the best instructional solution specifically designed to benefit students with unique educational needs, including those with physical or learning disabilities or those who are gifted and talented in preK-12 or postsecondary. Includes solutions that are 508 compliant and delivery by CD, DVD, online, handheld or multimedia packages.
* This category is for content/curriculum products. Instructional Management products directed toward special needs students should be nominated in the "Best Course/Classroom Management Solution" category.
** ESL products should be nominated in the "Best Reading/English Instructional Solution” category.
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RtI Package for the Academy of READING, Autoskill International, Inc.
“Now I read EVERY chance I get.”
This enthusiastic comment is from a reluctant reader who improved her reading skills by two grade levels in just six weeks with AutoSkill’s Academy of READING supported by the RtI (Response to Intervention) Package. Her story is illustrative of the progress made and love of reading developed when students build skills with this groundbreaking intervention solution.
AutoSkills’s RtI (Response to Intervention) Package is the first reading RtI product to deliver oral fluency assessments over the Web, combining an RtI management tool with an intervention program and professional development. When used with the Academy of READING, it gives schools a single, Web-based environment for fully implementing RtI. With the Academy of READING, students build fluency in the foundation skills of reading to achieve rapid, permanent gains. The Academy of READING uses a patented methodology to deliver individualized, computer-based instruction with an adaptive intervention engine, skill mastery based on automaticity and motivational principles.
AutoSkill’s RtI Package is unique because it combines all the key components of RtI. With the Academy of READING supported by the RtI Package, teachers have ready access to universal screening, scientifically based intervention, progress monitoring and data management tools.
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HELP Math (Help with English Language Proficiency), Digital Directions International
HELP Math is a comprehensive web-based intervention proven to raise achievement for ELLs and Special Needs students. Developed according to Sheltered Instruction principles and SIOP, HELP effectively covers curriculum in grades 3-8 for all students needing to develop technical, academic English and prior and grade-level math knowledge, to achieve proficiency.
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FLRT- a fluent reading trainer, MindPlay
Mind Play's FLRT- a fluent reading trainer helps increase reading speed while improving fluency, enhancing visual memory, and building silent reading skills and comprehension. The program contains an expandable library of 500 content-rich authentic stories from grade levels 0.5 to 12.0 with questions that correspond to each reading selection. Teachers and administrators have the ability to easily manage and track progress of a student or class. Reports can track success by question type, improvement statistics from baseline/initial testing date to current date, effective words-per-minute rate, and sight/high-frequency words for students who are struggling. Reports are available in PDF format making it easy to email to parents, or they can be printed out in color or grayscale for improved data visualization. FLRT comes in multiple formats including a networked version or Internet-hosted by Mind Play. Costs vary based on the number of workstations or the number of connections for the internet version. FLRT is available for any recent web browser with Flash Player 9 or later. Volume discount pricing is available. Go To MindPlay's Web Site Go To Product Site |
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World Book Discover, World Book, Inc.
World Book Discover, the first reference site for differentiated instruction, is designed for students reading below grade level because of language or learning difficulties. It features thousands of easy-to-read articles; text-to-speech; automatic translations into 14 languages; multi-lingual dictionary; timeline creator; citation builder; life skills center; instructional videos. Go To World Book, Inc.'s Web Site |