American Reading Company’s IRLA provides core national standards for reading proficiency, grades PreK–12. The IRLA allows educators to determine a student’s current level of reading proficiency, diagnose areas of strength and weakness, formulate an Action Plan for next steps, and track progress on a daily basis using books the students have chosen to read because they want to read them.
Students need to know where they stand in relation to grade-level expectations. The IRLA will help teachers show students where they are, where they should be, and what skills and behaviors lie in between. Through regular conferences, teachers and students outline and track a course of correction, acceleration, or maintenance for each student and his or her family.