Just Right Reader provides data-driven, Science of Reading-aligned decodable books and literacy resources for students from birth through 12th grade. Its personalized Take-Everywhere Literacy Packs™ use student reading assessment data to match each child with targeted phonics practice books and activities for school and home. The company’s offerings also include classroom libraries, Spanish decodables, high-interest chapter books, and professional development for educators.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Many school districts struggle to provide literacy instruction aligned with the Science of Reading, especially resources that offer systematic, skill-based phonics practice personalized to each student's needs. Existing materials often lack the evidence base, student engagement, and family connection components needed to accelerate reading achievement across diverse student populations.
Solution
Just Right Reader delivers evidence-based literacy resources built on the Science of Reading, spanning early childhood through 12th grade. Its flagship Take-Everywhere Literacy Packs™ use district reading assessment data to generate personalized decodable book packs targeting each student's specific phonics skills, with multiple titles per skill to build mastery. The packs include research-based activities, writing pages, QR codes linking to custom district videos, and teacher lesson plans, creating a cohesive school-to-home learning loop. Additional products include classroom decodable libraries, Spanish decodables, high-interest chapter books, and the Success Series™ for older developing readers, all designed to make phonics practice joyful and effective.
Target Audience
Primary customers are school districts, pre-K through 12th grade, including teachers, literacy coaches, and administrators seeking Science of Reading-aligned instructional materials and family engagement tools to accelerate reading achievement.
Features
- Take-Everywhere Literacy Packs™ personalized per student using district reading assessment data and an algorithm that matches readers to decodable books aligned with their decoding needs
- Rigorous phonics progression across nine rounds of packs, with each round introducing more complex skills and including a 10th pack free
- Variety of formats including classroom libraries with 1,000+ decodables, early childhood collections for birth to age 5, high-interest chapter books for upper elementary through high school, and Spanish decodables
- Each pack includes research-based activities, writing pages, a QR code to a custom district literacy video, and teacher resources with lesson plans for every title
- Packs are wrapped and labeled with each student's name, with options to add district logos on backpacks, books, and videos to reinforce community commitment
- Demonstrated ESSA Level II Moderate Evidence for accelerating literacy growth, with reported gains in student confidence and reading achievement