- 25. March 2025
Smiling Gecko Educational Campus
Those Who Can Read Have a Clear Advantage
Admittedly, the headline of this report may sound a little informal, but it is 100% accurate. That’s why, alongside teaching IT skills in the past semester, we also launched an extensive program to assess the reading development of our children.
The program, called DRA3, covers all age groups from kindergarten to 8th grade. Our foreign teachers work with each child individually to observe, record, and assess their reading habits and comprehension. The goal is to determine the students’ instructional and intervention levels, so that the teaching staff can later tailor lessons to the individual needs of the children.
DRA3 also serves as the foundation for the (digital) reading program RAZ Plus, which we’ve also launched in the past few months to gradually improve the children’s reading proficiency.
RAZ Plus offers over 3,000 books and texts at various difficulty levels in different formats (printable, projectable, online, and mobile). These resources are tailored to different reading levels and interests, so each student can find material they enjoy reading.
The program includes lesson plans, activities, and even quizzes that teachers can use for differentiated instruction. In addition, the children have access to a personalized library with books and passages of varying difficulty levels. Using an iPad, they can independently practice reading, and their progress is tracked through data-driven reports.
The program is flexible and accessible to our children, regardless of their learning environment.
