Reading Practice
The flagship product of Renaissance Learning delivers powerful insight into students’ literacy growth with access to data, goal setting tools, and the “just-right practice” support to ensure the greatest growth is achieved by all.
What is Accelerated Reader (AR)?
I earned my MBA from the University of Saint Thomas and was previously the CEOs of both Healthland and myON.
Who is Chris Bauleke?
A Renaissance solution that quickly measures literacy and numeracy skills for K–3 students with a computer-adaptive assessment designed just for young learners.
What is Star Early Literacy (SEL)?
A customer learning solution that provides access to helpful videos, downloadable guides, easy-to-follow tutorials, and other great resources - any time, day or night.
What is Renaissance-U (or Ren-U)?
We are the husband and wife that founded Renaissance Learning and in 1984 and created Accelerated Reader in the basement of our Wisconsin home.
Who are Judi and Terry Paul?
A digital solution that provides students access to thousands of enhanced digital titles — fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, and more — at a wide range of reading levels, in English and Spanish.
What is myON Reader?
I've been with Renaissance for 5 years, have a master's degree in Education from Colorado State University, served as Vice President of Talent Management at Centura Health, and founded VeriCarta Consulting.
Who is Kim Mitchell?
A customizable formative assessment tool that allows educators to quickly check on students' skill growth, identify specific skill gaps, and pinpoint where to differentiate instruction to move every student toward mastery.
What is Star Custom?
An interactive structured learning experience designed to help customers reach implementation goals through facilitated data conversations, applying analytics to classroom instruction, and gaining insight to job-embedded learning applications.
What is coaching services (or coaching)?
A digital solution that provides teachers with the best differentiation platform to teach math lessons to all of their students at the level that’s best for them.
What is Freckle?
A tool available to everyone worldwide at no cost that allows students, parents, teachers, and librarians to find books based on a wide variety of search criteria.
What is Accelerated Reader Bookfinder (or AR BookFinder)?
I came to Renaissance from Kaplan Inc., was CEO of Oxford English Training Limited in China, I hold a law degree from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and practice as a corporate lawyer in Israel.
Who is Erez Tocker?
A modern solution that enables early childhood and pre-k instructors to identify children at-risk of developmental delays early and monitor development gains often to help children become school-ready.
What is myIGDIs?
A program that recognizes educators for their outstanding implementations of Accelerated Reader, Math Practice, Renaissance myON Reader, and Star Assessments.
What is Renaissance National Honor Roll (or Honor Roll)?
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A product that allows students to learn about the world around them as they develop stronger digital and media literacy skills by providing age-appropriate news articles.
What is myON News?
I've been with Renaissance for 20 years, am co-editor of an assessment book, previously worked for the Navy, I live in San Diego, California, and have a PhD in Psychometric Methods from the University of Minnesota.
Who is Jim McBride (or James McBride)?
A Renaissance solution designed for English learner, dual-language, and immersion students that assesses early literacy, reading, and math skills, provides a consistent measure of achievements and growth, and offers a side-by-side comparison between languages.
What is Star in Spanish (or Star Spanish)?
An engagement opportunity that allows customers to connect with other educators, complete activities, earn badges, access useful resources, and share best practices.
What is Renaissance Royals?
The peer-recognized program, sponsored by Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), named Renaissance Star, myOn, and Schoolzilla as finalists earlier this month. Winners will be announced in May.
What are CODiE Awards (or CODiE)?
The world's largest annual study of K-12 student reading habits.
What is What Kids Are Reading?
I hold a master's degree in Computer Science with an emphasis on computer security, taught at Stanford University and also in South Africa, started my own business creating software for nonprofit organizations, and founded a technology innovation team at Aspire Public Schools in 2008.
Who is Lynzi Ziegenhagen?
A calculation that is used to characterize and measure the growth of progress of students that complete Star assessments.
What is Student Growth Percentile (SGP)?
A "train the trainer" model that allows Renaissance customers to build internal expertise, gain deep knowledge of best practices, deliver professional learning to their colleagues, and overall help their organization sustain a successful implementation.
What is Champions' Academy?
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