My Reading Academy (MRA) is an adaptive learning program built to meet each student exactly where they are on their journey to becoming a confident reader.
We understand that, especially at the beginning of the school year, educators may wonder if students are starting in the right place. Here's what you need to know:
How Placement Works
When students first begin using MRA, they complete a placement process powered by our new AI-driven Knowledge Mapping Mode, which quickly and accurately identifies each student’s starting point across key literacy domains.
Personalized and Always Adapting
MRA continuously adapts based on the student’s performance—within each activity and across their learning path. Every student’s path is tailored, ensuring the right amount of support and challenge in real time.
Expect a Bit of Adjustment
If a student seems to be in the “wrong” place at first, give it a few sessions. MRA self-adjusts quickly and doesn’t rely on a single placement decision—it adapts based on continuous performance.
No Fixed Levels
Students aren’t locked into fixed “levels.” Instead, MRA responds to what students demonstrate they’re ready for—moment by moment.
Encourage Students to Complete All Activities
To get the best results from My Reading Academy, it’s important for students to complete every activity—even ones that feel too hard or ones that they think they've played before.
Sometimes, students may be given activities that are beyond their current skill level. When this happens, they might choose to cancel out of the activity rather than try it. But skipping the activity means the program doesn’t get the information it needs to adjust. Without that signal, the same kind of activity may keep showing up.
The same is sometimes true when a student sees what looks like an activity they've already completed and so they cancel it without playing. In this case, the system is presenting another version of the activity to make sure they have mastered it or to test them at I higher level of the activity. Cancelling rather than playing will typically mean the student continues to see the activity over and over.
That’s why it’s important to encourage students to play through all assigned activities, even if they don’t know the answer or get things wrong, and even if it looks like an activity they've already played. Struggling with a skill provides a valuable signal to the system, as does confirming mastery of the activity at a higher level. The program uses this signal to adjust the difficulty and guide the student to the right level.
Check Progress
Use the Educator Center Progress Dashboard to see where students started and how they’re progressing. If a student needs support, offline "Take Action" activities are available.
Reset a Placement Test
If you believe a placement was invalid (wrong student, lack of effort, outside help), submit a support ticket to have our Customer Care team reset the Placement Test for that student. Please include:
School name
Student name
Teacher’s email
Reason for reset
You’ll typically receive email confirmation the same day or early the next business day.