Progress Monitoring with Microsoft Reading Coach
We are recruiting 2nd-8th graders of all reading levels for
a 10-week online reading study!
How do we use Microsoft Reading Coach?
How do we use ROAR dashboard?
The Rapid Online Assessment of Reading is an online platform for assessing foundational reading skills. Every week, children will play a few ROAR games. The goal is to monitor their reading progress over the study. For more information, check out the ROAR Family Guide. This provides families with an overview of ROAR assessments as well as resources they can use to support literacy skills at home.
Frequently Asked Questions
We value your participation and your child’s participation. Participation in this study is voluntary and you will not receive financial compensation. The results of your child’s performance on the activity will be shared back with you through your account, which can be considered valuable compensation.
We take research participant data privacy seriously. All assessment data is stored securely and separately from identifiers wherever possible. We will share the pre-test and post-test score report to family through secure email. To access the online reading program, you will need to create a Microsoft account using your email address. Please note that Microsoft will not share any user data with us, and we will not share any of your information with Microsoft.
Your child should move on when they understand the passage, have corrected most mistakes, and feel satisfied with their progress. The goal is learning and improvement, not 100% accuracy.
You can let your child explore different levels and choose the one they feel comfortable starting with.
We understand that things come up. If your child needs to take a break, they can continue working on the assignments in the following week.
