Discipline: Literacy
Grade(s): 3-12
Delivery Method: Print & Digital
Recommended use: Tier 2 and 3 Intervention
Recommended Hours:
15-20 min a day (3-5 times per week)
45 min per week (minimum)
Imprint: HMH
From Phonics to Fluency to Proficiency
Read 180 is a comprehensive literacy approach grounded in the science of reading. With flexible and adaptive instructional resources, Read 180 supports students on their journey from developing foundational literacy skills to confidently comprehending grade-level texts.
Read 180 was designed to specifically target the unique needs of the older striving reader:
- Structured practice in decoding, encoding, and reading words fluently allows students to automate those processes and focus their cognitive attention on the difficult work of comprehending complex text.
- Anchor Videos activate and strengthen vocabulary and background knowledge circuits in the brain, allowing students to comprehend and link passages to their existing knowledge.
- The engaging and motivating texts that students encounter encourage them to work through their struggles and persist even when the passage is challenging.
- Data collected from across the program helps educators identify students’ specific needs, strengths, and interests and empowers them to target instruction.
Read 180 includes:
- Student Application from Phonics to Fluency to Comprehension
- Independent Reading—digital and print
- ReaL Books—lessons
- Language Launch (Newcomers)—digital
- NWEA MAP Growth & Reporting
- Getting Started & Teacher Success Pathway
Read 180 Flex includes:
- Student Application from Phonics to Fluency to Comprehension
- Digital Independent Reading
- NWEA® MAP® Growth™ & Reporting
- Teacher Success Pathway
Read 180 Overview
Read 180 Flex Overview
How does Read 180 support reading intervention?
Two Years of Growth in One Year
Developed using the latest cognitive neuroscience, Read 180 can help students in Grades 3–12 gain up to two years average growth in one year.
Maximum Support, in One Solution
Read 180 integrates the most effective RTI based reading intervention strategies for Tier 2 and 3 into one solution, supporting core and intervention teachers of students in Grades 3–12 who are reading below grade level.
Science of Reading
Teacher-led sessions and student software were built on the science of reading framework, blending Scarborough's Rope Model and the five pillars of reading to foster skills across all strands while building strong foundations to improve outcomes.
Embracing All Learners
Through its adaptive technology and multisensory approach to reading instruction, Read 180 fosters an inclusive and captivating learning journey that supports a special education curriculum andcaters to learners with disabilities such as dyslexia.
A Single Solution, for Every Level
The research-based scope and sequence of System 44® is now fully integrated into Read 180 on Ed, where teachers have anytime, anywhere access. This solution takes students from phonics to fluency to grade-level proficiency, and can be used in core or dedicated intervention classrooms.