Support for Diverse Needs
The program is designed to help educators meet the needs of students in both general education and special education through a Multi-Tiered System of Supports approach. This includes students with disabilities, diagnosed with Dyslexia, and socioeconomically disadvantaged students. Additionally, by focusing on understanding register and academic language, the program helps English Language Learners build upon their native languages and dialects and provides them the scaffolding and supports they need to “put miles on the tongue” and use academic language effectively.
Personal Pathways for Individual Learners
READ 180 Universal and System 44 students are guided through a personalized learning path based on their reading level as measured by a screener and informed by their performance, engagement, and teacher input. This ensures they are working within their zone of proximal development, enabling students to move through the software independently.
In both READ 180 Universal and System 44, the student applications are continuously analyzing data and adjusting to each student's intervention in real time. Their algorithms ensure that a student reaches mastery (both accuracy and fluency) before being presented with gradually increasingly complex text or concepts.
If you are exploring HMH Core Literacy Solutions, Into Reading and Into Literature, Skill Alignment Guides are available for READ 180 and System 44 for each grade level, 3-12. Identify the content, concepts, and skills taught and how they align to Core instruction.
Foundational Reading
System 44 delivers explicit, scaffolded, systematic instruction in the phonological structures of English. The adaptive software and teacher-led lessons provide explicit instruction in letter-sound relationships, segmenting, and blending. Throughout, program materials reflect a consideration for the needs of English language learners, as well.
Multisensory Instruction
System 44 provides struggling readers with a multisensory structured language program that allows them to master the foundational literacy skills that lead to comprehension. Multisensory instructional resources, including visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic, help teachers differentiate instruction for students with specific learning disabilities.