Identify learning gaps, group students, and track growth automatically.
While implementing the Science of Reading in schools, teams discovered a major obstacle: the path to data-driven foundational literacy instruction was broken. Paper-based diagnostics, manual data entry, and scattered spreadsheets created a heavy data load that pulled time away from teaching.
The Literacy Data Gap
(The Problem)
The Root Compass Way
(The Solution)
The Literacy Data Gap
Broad Benchmarking:
Universal screeners identify who is at risk but stop short of identifying why.
The Root Compass Way
Root Compass provides a 3-part, 5-minute precision screener that identifies if a student has a foundational decoding gap—and precisely guides which of the 33 diagnostics to deploy next.
The Literacy Data Gap
The "Data Tax":
Educators can spend hours per grade level manually analyzing paper diagnostics to find instructional gaps.
The Root Compass Way
Time Reclaimed:
Instantly analyzes students' responses and reveals students' instructional needs. One-click automation handles data-based grouping, saving teachers hours per week.
The Literacy Data Gap
Fragmented Continuity:
Diagnostic data is often siloed or lost during transitions, forcing teachers to restart assessment every year.
The Root Compass Way
Continuous K-12 Alignment:
A "Living Profile" ensures students' data follows them K-12 on a shared instructional roadmap, preventing data loss and ensuring instruction never has to restart.
The Literacy Data Gap
Stagnant Results:
2/3 of students aren't proficient because instruction isn't targeted to their specific foundational literacy gaps.
The Root Compass Way
Accelerated Growth:
Move from "Who needs help?" to exactly what to teach tomorrow with surgery-like precision.
Keep student literacy information in one place instead of juggling paper assessments, notes, and spreadsheets.
A screener tells you who is at risk; Root Compass provides the why. It illuminates the specific foundational literacy gaps—the missing skills in decoding and word recognition—that prevent a student from reaching word-level fluency.
Support teachers, specialists, and leaders with a common view of assessment progress and student growth.
Move from first signal to instructional follow-through with a workflow designed for school teams, not just individual data entry.
1. Screen
Start with a quick screener to identify which students need a closer look.
2. Diagnose
Use targeted diagnostics to uncover specific decoding and word-recognition needs.
3. Group
Organize students around skill needs so instruction can be more focused.
4. Monitor
Track skill mastery and growth over time as teams reassess and adjust instruction.
Quickly see which students need reteaching, intervention, or progress checks.
Track targeted skill needs and keep a clearer record of diagnostic history.
Support shared assessment routines and better visibility into instructional follow-through.
Build more consistent literacy practices across schools while keeping local context visible.
Explore plans and implementation support designed for real school teams.