An Award-Winning, EdTech Nonprofit Organization with a Mission

ReadWorks is a free, accessible solution built on results. Since the launch of our online services more than ten years ago, five million educators and 30 million students have used the ReadWorks platform. Teachers trust ReadWorks for the original, substantial, and inspirational selection of choices within our library. 

As a nonprofit organization, we have an ambitious purpose to create high-quality reading instruction tools and supports that make an impact. We focus on the following three pillars of reading comprehension to improve student reading comprehension and overall reading outcomes. 
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  • Building Background Knowledge 
  • Growing Vocabularies 
  • Strengthening Strategic Reading 

The scientific study of reading is the bedrock of our world-class content, teacher guidance, and curricular supports that enhance teacher effectiveness, resulting in improved student achievement.

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Mission
ReadWorks is committed to helping to solve America’s reading comprehension crisis and student achievement gap. Driven by the scientific study of reading, ReadWorks creates proven high-quality content, teacher guidance, and integrated tools that improve teacher effectiveness and student achievement.
Vision
Every child in the United States can read well with deep comprehension because all educators teach reading effectively with the high-quality reading content and curricular supports they need.
Core Values
  • Impact and Equity
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Community
  • Quality
  • Empathetic Mindset

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K – 12 Reading Instruction that Works
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A New York second grade class is using ReadWorks on their computers and participating in teacher-led Q&A to build background knowledge through reading and activities.
A New York second grade class is using ReadWorks on their computers and participating in teacher-led Q&A to build background knowledge through reading and activities.
We believe the power of collaboration with teachers is important to create accessible, ready-to-use instruction support tools. ReadWorks has been shown to have a positive impact on students’ reading growth and meets Tier-3 promising evidence of the US Department of Education's Every Student Succeeds Act.
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  • Access more than 5000 high-quality texts
  • Use built-in alignments, levels and differentiation
  • Automate grading and view assessment data
  • Support core curricula with Book Studies
  • Build student background knowledge
  • Achieve reading stamina with Article-A-Day
  • Integrate through Clever Library and Google Classroom 
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"I LOVE this website. Literacy builds community and gives ALL humans a chance to succeed. What [ReadWorks does is so] valuable and done with the utmost altruism that humanity can muster."
- Shannon, Teacher in Wisconsin

The ReadWorks Strategic Plan 2022 – 2025
Igniting Potential

These four strategic objectives will guide our work in the years ahead. Read the entire strategic plan. 
Advance equity in education through reading instruction
Grow knowledge through varied and diverse voices
Deepen our evidence base  and impact
Build organizational infrastructure
ReadWorks is free and will always be free for all teachers and students. As a nonprofit we rely on donations to create 
high-quality content and continually evolve our online library platform.  All donations contribute to more than one million teachers and 17 million students who are using ReadWorks to impact the foundation of success –– reading!  
ReadWorks | K12 Reading Instruction that Works