To effectively increase the reading and writing levels of students with special needs, you need a language arts instruction solution that lets you easily differentiate instruction according to the varying skill levels of students with diverse learning abilities. A solution that is easy to use and enables more time-on-task. An effective literacy program that provides models of fluent reading, gives students an opportunity to practice reading comprehension strategies, and offers students repeated opportunities for writing both formally and informally.

Now, this best-of-all-worlds solution is here: Achieve3000 Special Education Success from Achieve3000, publisher of the acclaimed KidBiz3000™ and TeenBiz3000^®. It's the first Web-based, differentiated reading and writing instruction program that enables you to reach every special needs student at his or her individual Lexile^® level…and that is proven to monitor performance and growth over time. Also, it offers the same lessons and assignments for mainstream and special needs students to facilitate classroom integration and management.

How Special Education Success works…wonders

By assessing students' abilities initially with LevelSet™, our online assessment tool that determines each student's capability to comprehend informational text, students are continually receiving level-appropriate, standards-aligned assignments. Achieve3000 Special Education Success provides a clear path to steady improvement.

Importantly, the solution follows a scientifically validated and simple five-step process to propel literacy achievement – an imperative for special needs and mainstream students alike.

• Set a schema. Students read and reply to a daily e-mail, which sets the stage for what they are about to read. Students start reading and writing in an informal environment that encourages them to make text-to-self connections.
• Read for information. The e-mail directs students to an appropriately leveled, nonfiction article at the Achieve3000 website that engages and involves students via real-world topics.
• Demonstrate mastery. After reading the article, students answer questions that monitor comprehension, vocabulary mastery and higher-order thinking skills.
• Construct meaning. Students build critical cognitive skills by writing responses to open-ended questions.
• Form an opinion. Students also participate in a poll about the article so they can demonstrate opinions – the real manifestation of reading comprehension.

Key Benefits

All students can be successful learners…and realize their potential.
By delivering differentiated instruction via the Web that's geared to each student's learning level, Achieve3000 Special Education Success enables all students to work at their optimum level. And, by working on the same assignments and activities as mainstream students, your special education students become part of the mainstream, too. They interact with all of their classmates. They feel better about themselves. They feel confident about their academic progress as reading and writing proficiency increase surely and steadily.

Encompasses all learning profiles
Achieve3000 Special Education Success encompasses all learning profiles and student needs, including audio, video and native language support, as well as ability-appropriate fonts and colors.

Gives your teachers the means to manage.
Achieve3000 Special Education Success makes the significant classroom management challenges your teachers face far more manageable. The solution uses the same assignments and activities for all students. It requires no special preparation or intervention. Prescriptive assignments, activities and assessments are administered automatically. Performance is monitored automatically. Achieve3000 Special Education Success doesn't encumber your teachers; it extends them!

Achieve3000 Special Education Success Fast Facts

• The only Web-based differentiated instruction solution for special education students
• Scientifically proven to improve reading and writing proficiency
• Also applicable to the entire student population – mainstream, Title I and ELL students as well as Special Needs students
• Differentiated assignments and formative assessments are state-standards based. Students' Lexile levels are assessed three times a year to ensure that appropriate-leveled content is delivered
• Powerful reporting package provides real-time diagnostic data
• Saves money by integrating classrooms and curricula
• Available in Spanish and Haitian-Creole as well as English