Interconnected solutions, backed by superior research

Our research-backed assessments, combined with valid and reliable practice products, help administrators and teachers create the strongest possible formula for maximizing student success.

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What Kids Are Reading: 2024 edition

See the most popular books at every grade level nationwide.

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Recorded webinars

The Power of Purposeful Reading Practice Week

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Strengthening Explicit Literacy Instruction Through Effective Practice

Literacy experts Anita Archer and Linda Diamond share strategies for making the most of students’ daily reading practice.

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Strategies for Elevating Purposeful Reading Practice in Tier 1

Join us for research-proven tips for engaging students in more purposeful and impactful reading practice across K–12.

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Fulfilling the Promise of Reading Interventions: Purposeful Practice at Tiers 2 & 3

Understand how to maximize reading practice within interventions—for both monolingual and Emerging Bilingual learners.

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Teaching made easier

Renaissance Next

Renaissance believes technology can help empower educators to unlock a more effective learning experience and see every student. Our newest tool, Renaissance Next, does just that by seamlessly bringing assessment, practice, and instruction into one place. Renaissance Next enables teachers to personalize learning for every student, guiding you with actionable recommendations and high quality tools. Launching for back-to-school 2024.

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The Renaissance ecosystem

Our instructional ecosystem gives teachers and administrators a clear view of their students every step of the way. Simple, accurate assessment tools show teachers exactly where students are and what they’re ready to learn next. Engaging and flexible instructional tools personalize learning to each student’s unique needs, while insights and data solutions provide administrators with x-ray vision into what’s happening in their schools.

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Accurate
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Measure student learning and inform instruction with valid and reliable data.

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Accelerate growth and ensure students build the skills they need for success.

Accelerated Reader • Flocabulary • Freckle • Lalilo • myON • Nearpod

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Improve student outcomes and promote equity through data-based decision making.

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Continually innovating with bold connected products

Insights and actions for education

Renaissance’s interconnected solutions accurately assess learning and growth, provide insight-driven instruction and practice, and take a whole-child approach to data-informed decisions.

Open, connected, & easy

Students learn better when we all work together. That’s why our products work together to provide the kind of assessment-driven instruction your students need to grow.

Uniquely data-driven

We believe that important decisions should be informed by reliable and valid insights—especially when those decisions impact students, student outcomes, and achievement.

Designed to motivate

We start with the student, and we address teacher values and needs. Like all of us, when students see the results of their work–and feel it–they are motivated to grow.

The latest from Renaissance

<em>What Kids Are Reading</em>: 2024 Edition

What Kids Are Reading: 2024 Edition

What are the most popular books at each grade level? How much reading practice do students truly need each day? Get the answers in the world’s largest annual study of K–12 student reading habits.

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Assessment Masterclass

Gain new insights on essential topics in K‒12 assessment in our Masterclass video series. You’ll explore key research on assessment length, reliability, learning progressions, multilingual learners, and more.

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Summer Learning Resources

Support learning all summer long with student and family engagement kits, out-of-school-time tip sheets, summer learning activities, and guides for summer school setup and implementation.

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How Kids Are Performing

How much progress are students making in reading and math nationwide? Visit our interactive webpage to explore key trends in student performance and growth at each grade level from fall 2017 through spring 2023.

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Focus Skills

Focus Skills are—simply put—the building blocks of student learning. Based on extensive research into how learning progresses in reading and mathematics, Focus Skills provide a roadmap for closing learning gaps as you move every student toward greater mastery.

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Resources from Renaissance

Blog posts

Why some Spanish assessments aren't what they appear

You’re probably familiar with the idiom “The emperor has no clothes,” which comes from a folktale popularized by Hans Christian Andersen. This idiom refers to logical fallacies, meaning things that are widely accepted as true and praiseworthy but are, in fact, lacking. This idiom comes… […]

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Success stories

Improved K–2 assessments help charter schools achieve fast gains in early literacy

Teachers say it’s the look that can make them teary-eyed—that “I’ve got it!” expression when a very young student first recognizes rhyming sounds or suddenly makes the connection between letters and sounds. But getting to those moments can be challenging, particularly in classrooms of 20… […]

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Webinars

Fulfilling the Promise of Reading Interventions: Purposeful Practice at Tiers 2 & 3

Understand how to maximize reading practice within interventions—for both monolingual and Emerging Bilingual learners.

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