Lasting Literacy for all Utah K–12 Learners
Your Priority. Our Commitment.
Zero Red Flags on Utah’s List of Approved Reading Programs
As an education leader in Utah, you know how vital it is to help students achieve reading proficiency by the end of third grade. And the need goes beyond that with English language learners and those requiring reading intervention in grades four and above.
The Utah State Board of Education acknowledged Reading Horizons Discovery® as a K–3 foundational literacy program that uses systematic direct instruction to build crucial early literacy skills, ensuring all students attain reading proficiency by the end of third grade. Professional educators in Utah conducted an extensive review of the program before the State Board included it on their approved curriculum list. Click here to access the approved list.
Translate teacher knowledge into classroom practice with a program that has followed the science of reading for 40 years.
Reading Horizons has continuously aligned with the science of reading to provide a program that is simple for teachers to implement and helps students build the foundational reading skills they need to reach their full potential.
How to Get Started
Meet Your Utah Team
Contact your Reading Horizons account executive to schedule a presentation tailored to your district’s needs.
Take off.
Simply log in and pick up where you left off with a screen that shows everything you need to prep and teach the next whole-class lesson. You’ll see a lesson summary, a script for inspiration (or to read word-for-word), a video that models teaching, and coordinating student slides that, with a tap, display on your SmartBoard or TV.
Take notice.
As you pick up on issues while teaching (such as problems with pronunciation, decoding, etc.), tap students’ names on your screen to use quick, color-coded tracking. Your tagging automatically groups students based on their needs so you can easily divide the class for center work.
Take action.
Each student’s device automatically syncs with coordinating gamified assessment and practice, reinforcing the day’s skill and checking progress. Once they’ve finished the activity, you can view what percentage of students are at or above level, who needs intervention, and which instructional strategies are the best next step.
research
Tyler Independent School District Research Study
This rigorous study compared impacts between students whose teachers implemented Reading Horizons Discovery® and those whose teachers did not implement the program during the 2021–2022 school year. Both implementation integrity and student outcomes were measured by the Reading Horizons Implementation Integrity Rubric and the DIBELS 8 assessment, respectively. Students receiving Reading Horizons Discovery® instruction demonstrated a positive effect size of .31, a substantively important positive effect, according to What Works Clearinghouse Evidence Standards.
With exposure to the Reading Horizons method, average student growth was more than double that of students without exposure.
Why Teachers Love Reading Horizons:
Simple Method—We have over 40 years of proven science integrated into one intuitive tool designed in collaboration with classroom teachers.
Ease of Implementation—We work together with teachers to develop resources that transform the complexities of an evolving science into a streamlined program for all students.
Supportive Partner—Consider us your trusted teaching partners—whether to offer support or to celebrate, we’ll know you by name and pick up when you call.
THE NEXT GENERATION OF FOUNDATIONAL LITERACY
You don’t have to cross your fingers and hope for the best. With leading real-time data, you can celebrate reading success district-wide.
reading intervention and ELL for older students
Overcome student learning gaps with assessment-driven explicit phonics instruction based on the science of reading.
Foundational Literacy for Older Students
Catching Up. Keeping Up. Moving Ahead.
Nearly 66% of fourth- and eighth-grade learners perform below proficient achievement levels in reading. For students grades 4 and beyond who struggle with reading, the path ahead can be difficult and discouraging. For striving readers, newcomers, and students with special needs, we can do more and do it better. And that’s the focus of this edWebinar.
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