The Best Class • Free Literacy Tool

What Should I Teach Next?

Start with what the reader can do. Find where reading begins to break down. Make a focused instructional decision.

Reading difficulties rarely arrive wearing name tags. Use what you already know, gather only the evidence you need, and teach the smallest meaningful thing the evidence points to.

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A note about this tool: This is an instructional decision-support tool, not a diagnostic assessment. It does not identify disabilities, replace comprehensive assessment, or prescribe programs. It is designed to help educators organize evidence, identify useful next questions, and consider reasonable instructional priorities. Student performance should be interpreted using multiple sources of evidence and in the context of instruction, language, opportunity to learn, and individual learner characteristics.