Renaissance Intelligence unifies the full Renaissance Literacy experience, bringing assessment, instruction, practice, proficiency insights, curriculum alignment, student learning, and recommendations together so educators can move from insight to action with confidence.
Everything Renaissance Literacy offers, in one place
Explore in-depth features connecting assessment, instruction, practice, and reading in one workflow that strengthens instruction and accelerates growth.
Assessment
Quickly see where students are with literacy skills like phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary—and how they’re progressing. Assessment insights flow into Renaissance Intelligence to inform instruction and keep learning moving forward. Includes:
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Star Reading and Star Early Literacy in English and Spanish: Get reliable, computer-adaptive insights into key literacy skills in about 20 minutes.
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Knowledge Check: Assess literacy standard or topic mastery with expert-authored formative assessments built in minutes and auto-scored to save time.
Assess mastery with a quick Knowledge Check [0:39]
Save valuable planning time by building a standards-aligned Knowledge Check in minutes, drawing from a bank of expert-authored items that are reviewed for quality and alignment. Preview and adjust questions as needed, then assign directly to students—responses are auto-scored, helping you quickly check understanding and inform next steps.
Instructional planning and delivery
Discover, design, and deliver literacy instruction that aligns with your classroom objectives through the integrated power of Nearpod and connected insights. Includes:
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Supplemental literacy resources: Get expert-created resources aligned to Science of Reading, standards, skills, and supported core curricula.
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Lessons: Create, upload, edit, and deliver engaging teacher-led instruction for whole class or targeted small group learning.
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AI Create: Generate interactive lessons, activities, and quizzes from a single prompt and easily adjust reading levels of instructional resources.
Build a full lesson in minutes with AI Create [0:58]
Save valuable lesson-planning time by generating a complete lesson with AI Create. Simply enter a learning objective, select the standard and grade level, and let AI build out lesson objectives and an outline for you to review and adjust as needed. Once approved, your lesson is ready to launch for whole-class or small-group instruction, keeping every step aligned to your curriculum and teaching goals.
Targeted and adaptive practice
Assign literacy practice by standard or skill, provide deeper-thinking challenges, and support students with adaptive literacy learning paths. Includes:
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Literacy Skills and Early Reading Skills Practice: Assign targeted practice aligned to a specific literacy standard or skill.
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Reading & Activities: Create assignments by pairing books with writing, oral fluency, or other activities tailored to student reading levels.
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Literacy Learning Paths: Provide adaptive literacy practice powered by the Learning Engine.
Customize reading practice with Reading & Activities [1:01]
Save time customizing reading practice by creating a “Reading & Activities” assignment for a class, small group, or individual student. Select a book, add instructions, set a due date, and attach an activity—like writing, oral fluency recordings, or a graphic organizer—to build comprehension, vocabulary, and communication skills alongside independent reading.
Insights and guidance
Monitor student performance, pinpoint shared learning needs, and access actionable next steps. Clear, actionable guidance transforms classroom data into recommendations that inform your instruction and support every learner. Includes:
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Class Activity: Track student progress and recent work, and get personalized recommendations for each learner in your classroom.
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Skill Proficiency: Measure each student’s proficiency by standard and skill and access AI-generated insights that uncover classroom trends.
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Student groups: Identify students with similar needs—from those ready to advance to those who may need additional support.
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Actionable recommendations: Access recommended next steps for each student, group, or class aligned to current performance and instructional need.
Class Activity shows exactly who needs what [0:23]
Quickly identify what each student needs by reviewing Class Activity. See who needs a helping hand, who’s ready for a challenge, and who needs more practice—all based on recent performance. Then act on personalized recommendations, which point to the right lessons and practice activities to assign next, keeping instruction responsive and aligned to real-time student needs.
Curriculum alignment
Maintain instructional coherence with resources aligned to standards, literacy skills, and the supported curriculum you already use. Seamlessly connect instruction with targeted differentiation that keeps every student on track. Includes:
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State Standards Alignment: Access resources, practice, and insights organized by your state’s standards, with coverage for all 50 states.
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Literacy Skills Alignment: Explore resources, practice, and student insights organized by specific, teachable literacy skills.
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Textbook Alignment: Align resources, practice, and performance insights to your curriculum. Learn more about our publisher partners.
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Implementation guides, teacher guides, and caregiver letters: Support planning, implementation, and communication around literacy skills.
Plan aligned instruction with Standards & Curriculum [0:25]
Plan aligned instruction in minutes by navigating to Standards & Curriculum and selecting a specific standard. See recommended core concepts and skills for your students, create a Knowledge Check, and explore resources aligned to your supported core curriculum. From there, generate a lesson with AI or assign targeted practice—all without leaving the page, so instruction stays connected to what you’re already teaching.
One connected student destination
Give students one place for assignments, lessons, progress tracking, and reading exploration. This unified experience helps them build literacy skills aligned with the Science of Reading. Students can access:
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Lessons, Assignments & Progress: Join live lessons, complete assignments, and track growth with scores, rewards, and reading milestones.
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Literacy Learning Paths: Practice independently on an adaptive pathway that adjusts activities matched to a student’s current reading level.
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Library: Explore thousands of books, quizzes, and news articles, with recommendations matched to a student’s reading level and interests.
One connected space for reading and practice [0:37]
Within the Student Experience, students can explore reading recommendations based on their reading level and interests, browse book categories, select books to read, and complete comprehension quizzes to check understanding. Assignments and progress toward reading goals live in the same experience, giving students one connected space to read, practice, and grow.
AI designed for classrooms
Renaissance AI is secure and only teacher-facing, drawing on proprietary data including reading learning progressions, assessment norms, millions of item responses, and decades of educator-informed pedagogical expertise. Includes:
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Learning Engine: Estimates proficiency, recommends placement, and suggests next steps using assessment, practice, and formative data.
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Alignment Engine: Connects skills, standards, curriculum, and resources, keeping instruction and practice aligned.
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AI Teacher Studio: Helps educators plan, create, and differentiate lesson plans, rubrics, quizzes, and more, saving time without sacrificing quality.
Plan, create, and differentiate with AI Teacher Studio [0:03]
Explore AI Teacher Studio, a robust suite of teacher-facing generative AI tools that help educators efficiently plan, create, and differentiate instructional materials in minutes. Tools like Lesson Plan Creator, Quiz Creator, Rubric Creator, and Text Leveler are designed to save valuable planning time while keeping content aligned to standards and each student’s individual needs.
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