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Solutions / Improving Reading:
MERIT SOFTWARE KEY BENEFITS:

In-depth Instruction - Provides a structured and supportive environment that enables college prep students to apply skills while they are learning.

Intensive Concentration - When students encounter areas of difficulty, they can choose to access several forms of assistance. Explanations, tips, examples, and options to retry skills maximize learning opportunities.

Personalized Feedback - Context-sensitive tips help college prep students accept responsibility for their weaknesses and build their confidence as learners.

Automatic Scoring - Teachers are able to quickly measure student areas of concern, using our Teacher Program Manager, and plan lessons in response to specific needs.

Learn more about how Merit helps teachers, tutors and students achieve academic success.
Help for Struggling Readers

Merit reading software helps struggling readers by breaking down reading passages into understandable parts. Students receive instant, and personal, feedback to their own responses. Struggling readers gain skills and confidence as they use the software.

Reading Comprehension Booster
Helps students improve reading comprehension.
DESIGNED FOR READING LEVELs: 3 - 5
  • For students working on comprehension and main idea.
  • Several skill questions based on reading one passage.
Book Punch
Interactive response to literature teaching tools.
DESIGNED FOR READING LEVELs: 3 - 9
  • Make personal connections to text
  • Learn how to find main idea and supporting details
  • Go beyond understanding surface meaning
Developing Critical Thinking Skills for Effective Reading
Helps students improve reading comprehension.
DESIGNED FOR READING LEVELs: 5 - 8
  • For students working on main idea, sequence, and inference.
  • Several skill questions based on reading each non-fiction passage.
Developing Critical Thinking Skills for Upper Grades
Helps students improve reading comprehension with longer and more challenging texts.
DESIGNED FOR READING LEVELs: 8 - 11
  • For students working on comprehension and main idea.
  • Several skill questions based on reading non-fiction passages