This is a description of the reading program we are using in our reading support classes as Fifer Middle School.

1. ACHIEVE3000
KidBiz3000
(6 th -8 th grade)

2. Reasons for the Achieve 3000 Program
 Addresses reading skills of students below grade level
(comprehension, vocabulary, fluency)
 Offers web-based differentiated reading passages based on a
student’s individual lexile level (licenses required)
 Offers high interest, non-fiction passages
 Reports student progress and addresses weaknesses
 Contains archives of articles that can be printed and used elsewhere

3. Who is participating in this program?
• Students showing consistent weaknesses in reading
based on
• DCAS Scores
• SRI Levels
• Grades
• Teacher Recommendations

4. Achieve3000 Study
28,000 students who used TeenBiz 2-3 times a week tripled their expected literacy
gains within a 9 month period.

5. Level Setting
The students go to teenbiz3000.com and log on.
A level setting test appears. (adaptable)
Students take the test.
The computer scores the test and gives a lexile level.

6. Achieve3000 from the Student
Perspective
Eighth
Grade

7. Step 1
The student checks email
in TeenBiz3000.

8. Providing a foundation and activating prior knowledge

9. Step 2:
The student reads an article
that is matched to reading
ability based on level
setting test.

10. What an 8th grader reading at the 8th grade level reads

11. How this looks to an88thgrader reading at aa33rd grade level
How this looks to a th grader reading at rd grade level

12. 8th grade level 3rd grade level

13. Step 3:
The student completes
activities that help with
vocabulary, comprehension,
and other reading skills.

14. Standards-based comprehension question: 8th grade reading level

15. Standards-based comprehension question: 3rd grade reading level

16. Immediate Student Feedback

17. Step 4:
Next the student answers a
thought question which
builds critical thinking and
writing skills.

18. Critical Thinking and Writing Skills: 8th grade

19. Step 5:
The student participates in a
poll to encourage
formulating an opinion
about the content of the
article.

20. Opinion Poll

22. Math Word Problem: 8th grade level

23. Interim and Post Tests:
The student takes an interim
and a post-test that again
adjusts the reading level.

24. Home Connection:
Achieve3000’s Home Edition
Explanation of day’s lesson
Report on student
Hotline

25. Achieve3000 from the Teacher’s
Perspective

26. Increasing Background Knowledge and Making
Connections
1. Curriculum Keys: Cross-curricular extension activities
2. Focused Lesson Plans: Specific strategies for increasing
reading comprehension and critical thinking skills
3. Unit Building: Allows teachers to plan units of study around
specific topics or themes
4. Writing Center: Guides students through the writing process
including grammar, fluency and test prep
5. Correlation to State Standards and Common Core
6. Data To Inform Instruction

27. Bi-Annual Summative Portfolio
Reports
Reporting Positive
Mid-Year and End-of-
the-Year Results