The Home-School Connection

At times like this the connection between school and home is more important than ever. For one thing, school closures and uncertainty around student attendance mean that communication between parents and teachers – and between parents, teachers and students – is paramount. Gone, for the moment, are the certainties of routines of the past. Parents need to be aware of what is going on with their child’s education, just as teachers need to be aware of how students are faring.

While this presents new and difficult challenges for everybody, there is one area where parents can be involved and kept constantly up to date on their child’s progress and instruction, without needing to directly contact their teacher or even rely on information from the student themselves. 

CARS & STARS Online is a digital reading comprehension program based around the repeated application of twelve core reading strategies to make students better readers who can analyse and interpret any text at a high level of understanding. The multi-level program is designed to be entirely paper-free, with all student answers being entered directly into the software, and results being instantly recorded and corrected automatically, requiring no teacher marking.

A CARS & STARS Online parent account means parents can keep on top of their child’s reading progress instantly, from any device. It’s just like having full access to their classroom teacher at any time, because parents can look directly at what their child is doing and see constant updates on their results and progress.

Gone are the days where parents might have to wait months for a scheduled parent–teacher meeting to find out just how their child is progressing. With CARS & STARS Online, they have access to the same in-depth, instant and targeted information as the classroom teacher does. Learning to read is one of the most important life skills there is, and in these unprecedented times parents can be more informed than ever about their children’s progress with CARS & STARS Online.

If you are interested in learning more about the CARS & STARS Online subscriptions and how they can help children to achieve better results, then sign up for a free trial to be an integral part of your child’s reading success.