For reading specialists and interventionists

Documentation that keeps up with intervention

You teach in small groups, several sequences at once, and someone always needs the data by Thursday. The record should take less time than the lesson, not more.

In short

Literacy Trail records a group lesson with one rating per student in a single step, schedules review from those ratings, flags students who need attention, and prints instruction logs and progress reports for meetings. Groups and bulk recording are on the Educator plan; a shared roster with roles is on the School plan.

Small groups, one step

  • A group follows a curriculum and has a current lesson. Teach it once, rate each student, done.
  • Students in a group keep their own roadmaps, so moving one student to another group keeps their history.
  • Bulk recording covers a week away or a sequence taught before you started using the app.

Review and attention

  • Needs support brings a skill back at the next session, Developing after a few, Secure moves on. You set the interval.
  • Skill status keeps a history, so you can see how long a skill has sat at Developing.
  • The attention list surfaces gaps in instruction and repeated struggles before they become a meeting.

Documentation

  • Instruction logs by date range, per student or for everyone, as a printable page or CSV.
  • Progress reports with skills grouped as secure, developing and needs support, plus checkpoints per unit.
  • Shareable notes appear on reports; private notes stay yours.

Working with colleagues

On the School plan an organization holds the roster. Owners and admins manage members, educators record sessions, viewers read. Curricula can be shared across the team. Pricing is by agreement; ask through the contact page.

Questions people ask

No. It records instruction and your ratings. Attach screener results to your own files; unit checkpoints (mastered, partial, not yet) are the closest built-in measure.
Yes. Instruction logs and progress reports print, and both export as CSV or JSON.
Minimal data (first name, optional last name and grade, lessons, ratings, notes), encrypted in transit, readable only by the accounts you allow, exportable and deletable on request.

Record Thursday's data on Monday

Set up one group and the documentation starts building itself.

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