Glossary
Plain definitions for parents, homeschool coordinators, and school teams.
- NAEP
- National Assessment of Educational Progress. U.S. benchmark for reading and math proficiency.
- Phonics
- Instruction that connects letters to sounds so children can decode words.
- Decodable book
- A text written with letter patterns a child has been taught to read.
- Mastery band
- A skill stage: new, developing, proficient, or mastered based on real attempts.
- Spaced review
- Practice that returns before forgetting, then stretches as confidence grows.
- COPPA
- U.S. law governing online services directed to children under 13.
- FERPA
- U.S. law protecting student education records held by schools.
- Science of reading
- Research-backed instruction emphasizing phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
- Adaptive learning
- Software that adjusts difficulty and next steps from a learner's performance.
- Leveled library
- Books matched to a child's current reading ability.