CARS & STARS Online is a digital reading comprehension program based around the repeated application of twelve core reading strategies to make students better readers who can analyse and interpret any text with a high level of understanding. This structured approach recurs at every level of the program, but far from locking students and teachers into a rigid system it actually allows for an unprecedentedly flexible approach to teaching reading comprehension.
The multi-level program is designed to be entirely paper-free, with all student answers entered directly into the software, and results recorded and corrected automatically. This means CARS & STARS Online frees up teacher time because it requires no teacher marking. Teachers don’t have to wait until they’ve marked work later to return to students and help them with any difficulties. When using CARS & STARS Online, they’ll be aware of how a student is faring as soon as they’ve completed an exercise – or even while they’re doing so!
With CARS & STARS Online, students work at the level of their own understanding rather than being bound by age or year level. This means students get the reading instruction they need, and the program is designed so that multiple levels can be represented in the one class. The strategy-based structure means this is just as easy for the teacher to teach to as a class of identical-levelled students would be. Teachers also always have complete control over which levels, strategies and even individual exercises their students have access to across the program.
What’s more, CARS & STARS Online work can carry across year levels and groups, and even schools, so that student progress is never lost, and their future teachers can always get a complete picture of their progression through the program.
Finally, as a fully online program that is accessible from any relatively modern device with an internet connection, CARS & STARS Online is useable anywhere, at any time. Students can start an exercise in class and finish it at home, or vice versa. In these uncertain times, where school closures and lockdowns threaten to disrupt both the curriculum and the rhythm of daily life, the flexibility – and portability – of CARS & STARS Online as a reading comprehension program is second to none.
If you are interested in learning more about the CARS & STARS Online subscriptions and how they can help children to achieve better results, then sign up for a free trial to be an integral part of your child’s reading success.
