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KID COMPASS ~ Reading© FACT SHEET

Features

STUDENTS
  • Tracks student results of reading assessment for students K though 8th grade
  • Compares data of unlimited number of assessments per year, per child, capable of customizing to specific school assessment titles
  • Provides instructional strategies to create individual reading improvement plans based on weakness in the areas of Accuracy, Rate, Phrasing (Fluency), Retelling and Expanding Comprehension
  • Formats a school plan for reading improvement for each individual student, individualizing with personal comments, capable of customizing to specific district interventions
COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS
  • Inserts student's assessment data into different pre-programmed letters for parents at two levels; Early Years (K – 3) and Middle Level (4 – 8)
  • Generates Strategies for Parents, easy-to-use, practical advice for parents for increase reading skills at home, at two levels; Early Years (K – 3) and Middle Level (4 – 8)
COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS (SPANISH)
  • Includes all components of the English letters and reports, translated into Spanish, at two levels; Early Years (K – 3) and Middle Level (4 – 8)
TRACKING ASSESSMENTS
  • Reports student assessment results by Assessment, by Teacher, by Grade level, by School, by Special Program, and by Student
  • Enhances summaries of results with pie charts and bar graphs
  • Student Assessment History and Student Profile provide snapshots of effectiveness of instruction and student achievement at-a-glance (great for next year’s teachers and cumulative files!)
  • Fall Snapshot enables immediate notification to teachers regarding student level and achievement, increasing instructional time at the beginning of the year.
DIVERSIFYING READING INSTRUCTION
  • Facilitates instruction by creating Guided/Flexible Reading Groups, enabling sorting groups based on strategy selection, score in specific areas, instructional level with a click- of-the-mouse
  • Lesson plans provide questions, discussions, and prompts for extended responses in both fiction and non-fiction categories, and are aligned with state and federal learning targets
TOOLS FOR TEACHERS
  • Creates time-saving instructional tools:
    • Accuracy Reading Strategies
    • Phrasing (Fluency) Reading Strategies
    • Rate Reading Strategies
    • Retelling Reading Strategies
    • Expanding Comprehension Strategies
    • Early Years Reading Rubric and Scoring Criteria
    • Moderate Reading Rubric and Scoring Criteria
    • Advanced Reading Rubric and Scoring Criteria
    • Guided Reading: What It Is, What It Is Not
    • Phonics Skill Sequence
    • Level Book Alignment
    • Reading Calendar
    • Rate Graph
    • Class Roster (by student last name, by student first name)
INTEGRATES EXISTING PROGRAMS
  • Aligns with School-Wide Projects, State, and ESEA requirements, serving as the reporting tool for accountability
  • Supports School District Strategic Plans providing teachers with the power to evaluate data, continuously adjust and individualize instruction with real-time data
  • Provides structure and accountability to Summer School Programs
  • Supports existing manual and computerized testing programs currently lacking feedback/reporting capabilities of data from instruction and performance
  • Provides consistency and coherence between extended day programs and traditional school programs
SHARE THE POWER OF CREATIVITY
  • Stay connected, learning time saving tips and customization techniques, expanding the power of your Kid Compass instruction and management tool. You will receive Tips and Tricks documents via email to save on personal hard drives for ongoing reference. As you learn to create customized reports, the built-in flexibility within Kid Compass will trigger your own creativeness and you’ll be able to share with others!
CUSTOMIZED REPORTS
  • Our programmers can create or duplicate any report that you currently generate or complete by hand
  • Our programmers can incorporate additional data you wish to track and analyze
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