The Skillful Reader Reading Growth Check
Know What Your Reader Needs.
Get a clearer picture of your child's reading strengths, areas for growth, and what to work on next. Then see exactly how daily practice would work for them, and what it costs before you commit to anything.
Designed for readers in grades 3 to 8.
Takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
Free, with no card required. You are never asked to buy a plan to see your results.
What you'll discover
Strengths
See which reading skills appear strongest.
Areas for Growth
Identify skills that may benefit from additional practice.
Next Steps
Get a clear recommendation for what to focus on next.
The check itself never asks for payment. What you do with the results is your choice: some families simply take the first priority to a tutor or a school meeting, and many start daily practice the same day and see how it goes.
The Skillful Reader Reading Growth Check is designed to help identify instructional starting points. It is not a clinical diagnosis, standardized assessment, or substitute for evaluation by a qualified reading professional.
From one check to a plan
A free check today, a full program when you are ready
The Growth Check is the front door, not a separate product. Its results feed straight into daily practice, so nothing you do here is wasted if you decide to continue. Here is the whole path, including what you pay and when.
Step 1: Free
Reading Growth Check
A 10 to 15 minute check shows where reading breaks down: word reading, fluency, vocabulary, or comprehension. You get a Reading Profile and one clear first priority. No payment, no card, no trial clock running.
Step 2: 7-day free trial
Daily practice begins
That first priority becomes your child's daily focus. Sessions run about 15 minutes and use age-respectful stories matched to their actual reading needs, not just their grade. The trial starts automatically when you create an account.
Step 3: Membership
The full program
Ongoing adaptive practice, fresh stories, progress checks, and a parent dashboard that explains what your child works on and why. This is what the membership pays for: $19 a month, or $149 a year, which works out to about $12.42 a month.
What the membership covers
What your child gets on the days that count
A diagnosis on paper does not change reading. Practice does. This is what a membership keeps running, one short session at a time.
- A starting diagnostic that shows where reading breaks down
- A daily skill target with a reason you can read
- Short practice sessions designed for about 15 minutes
- Age-respectful stories for grades 3 to 8
- Word work, fluency, and comprehension practice matched to your child's needs
- A parent dashboard that explains what your child works on and why
Practice changes as your child changes: today's answers decide tomorrow's session. Stories stay age-respectful for a fifth grader who is reading below grade level, which is the reason most families leave a general reading app within a month.
Who it is for
- A reader in grades 3 to 8 who is behind and quietly avoiding books.
- A family that wants 15 focused minutes a day, not another hour of screen time.
- A parent who wants to know what to work on without reading a specialist report.
- Households with more than one reader: each sibling gets their own plan for $9 a month.
What it is not
- Not a clinical diagnosis, a standardized test, or an IEP substitute.
- Not a replacement for a specialist when a reading disability needs one.
- Not homework you have to supervise; you see progress, you do not run the session.
- Not a lock-in. Cancel anytime and the progress stays saved.
Questions parents ask before starting
- Does the Reading Growth Check cost anything?
- No. The check is free, it needs no card, and you keep the Reading Profile and first priority whether or not you continue.
- What happens when the free trial ends?
- You choose a family membership at $19 a month or $149 a year, or you do nothing and practice simply pauses. Your child's progress stays saved, so nothing is lost if you come back later.
- Can I cancel anytime?
- Yes. Cancel from Plan and billing in your account menu and your subscription does not renew. Your child's history, stories, and progress stay where they are.
- My child already has a diagnosis or an IEP. Is this still useful?
- It can be. The check and the program give instructional guidance, not a diagnosis, and they do not replace a specialist. Many families use the results to ask sharper questions at school meetings.
More answers are on the FAQ page, and a full cost comparison to tutoring, learning centers, and other apps is on Pricing.
Start with the check. Decide about a plan afterward.
See your child's Reading Profile and first priority first. If it makes sense, a 7-day free trial of daily practice is already waiting, and membership is $19 a month or $149 a year whenever you choose it. Nothing is charged to look at your results.
No card for the check. No card for the trial. Cancel anytime.