National source for news and information teams up with popular digital reading platform
A new ed-tech partnership will provide daily news coverage integrated with in-text, leveled assessments to K-12 students.
Now, students and teachers can access relevant and timely news daily from USA TODAY through Curriculet’s reading platform. In addition to its free on-demand digital library filled with popular books, Curriculet now allows students to read news articles with embedded assessments that develop literacy skills and build subject area knowledge. Known as “curriculets,” these integrated checkpoints focus on specific skills and Common Core Standards.
Every day, Curriculet delivers articles curated for classrooms and pre-loaded with interactive layers of instruction that include annotations, rich media and question sets. Every article includes three differentiated layers targeted to elementary, middle and high school reading levels so that each student can interact with the text.
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Curriculet’s real-time reporting feature lets teachers track student achievement in every assignment. Teachers can assess progress on standards and literacy skills, track time spent on-task, and identify where individual learning gaps exist.
“This partnership provides teachers and students access to engaging and current nonfiction, complementing our library of popular young adult literature,” said Jason Singer, co-founder and CEO of Curriculet. “By offering these news articles, we can challenge students with various levels of complexity and engage them in real world events. For the first time, we are helping schools, teachers, students, and parents capture every reading moment in school whether that be reading the news, a novel, or a science lab.“
Curriculet’s partnership with USA TODAY makes it possible to supply students with current articles daily, in their original form.
“A recent study showed that only 36 percent of Americans can name the three branches of government,” said John McGee, VP National Education Sales of USA TODAY. “National and international events are increasingly becoming the center of public conversation, so it’s important that this generation has a strong grasp of current events, civics and geography. Paired with Curriculet’s focus on close reading, we know this partnership will be a crucial contribution to education.”
The program is free to all teachers and students for 45 days; starting this fall, a 52-week subscription will be only $4.99 per student. To start a free trial, visit www.curriculet.com to learn more.
Material from a press release was used in this report.
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