ReadWorks
Overview
- Overview
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ReadWorks is a nonprofit library of passages, article-a-day routines, question sets, and reading supports. Teachers assign texts and paired resources, build knowledge sequences, use audio and vocabulary supports, and review written or selected responses. The text, question set, and response format supply context for student work. Teachers connect that evidence with reading goals, knowledge building, and the next instructional discussion.
Features
- Features
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Audience and instructional role
Grades / learners:
K–12 readers, including multilingual learners and students needing accessible text support
Primary users:
students, teachers, reading specialists, and content-area educators
Learning focus:
reading comprehension, vocabulary, background knowledge, fluency, and content-area literacy — a nonprofit library of passages, article-a-day routines, question sets, and reading supports
How it supports learning
- Teachers assign texts and paired resources, build knowledge sequences, use audio and vocabulary supports, and review written or selected responses.
- Teachers should connect use to explicit learning goals and inspect student work rather than rely on completion or engagement alone.
Implementation and instructional decisions
- Use coherent text sets and grade-level content with purposeful scaffolds; isolated passage practice should not become the entire literacy curriculum.
- Districts should confirm accessibility, language support, student-data practices, assignment workflow, reporting, and the continuing role of teacher judgment.
Student Data Privacy
- Student Data Privacy
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Review the Common Sense Privacy Rating:
N/A
ReadWorks Privacy Policy:
https://www.readworks.org/privacy
Signed California Student Data Privacy Agreement?
Yes
Company News
- Company News
Interoperability
Sign-on, rostering, and file exchange methods
Learning Management System Connectivity
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As a nonprofit organization, we have an ambitious purpose to create high-quality reading instruction tools and supports that make an impact. We focus on the following three pillars of reading comprehension to improve student reading comprehension and overall reading outcomes.
As a nonprofit organization, we have an ambitious purpose to create high-quality reading instruction tools and supports that make an impact. We focus on the following three pillars of reading comprehension to improve student reading comprehension and overall reading outcomes.
Note: SDLA does not endorse or resell any products listed on the site. They are listed simply to aid in the development of integration resources for school district ed-data leaders.

