mCLASS Home Connect Enhances Parental Involvement in Children's Learning

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Wireless Generation, an educational software and services company, has introduced mCLASS Home Connect, a new offering that supports schools' efforts to involve parents and guardians in children's learning. This program enables schools to communicate with parents throughout the school year in clear, understandable language about a child's literacy development and progress. Research shows that children whose families engage in at-home learning activities make greater gains in language scores than those children without parental involvement. The mCLASS Home Connect letters can be produced in English, Spanish, or Polish, and schools and districts can customize them with their logos and a message from district or school leaders.

Key Takeaways:

  • mCLASS Home Connect enables schools to communicate with parents throughout the school year in clear, understandable language about a child's literacy development and progress.
  • Research shows that children whose families engage in at-home learning activities make greater gains in language scores than those children without parental involvement.
  • The mCLASS Home Connect letters can be produced after the DIBELS benchmark assessments, given three times during the school year.
  • Educators in grades K-6 use mCLASS handheld computer-based software to give research-based assessments that reveal how students are progressing toward mastering critical skills in early reading.
  • The mCLASS Home Connect letters suggest learning activities appropriate for each child that parents can do at home.
  • Schools and districts can customize the letters with their logos and a message from district or school leaders.
  • mCLASS Home Connect is available for purchase with Wireless Generation's mCLASS: DIBELS and mCLASS: Reading 3D handheld-to-Web formative assessment software.

Statistics:

  • Research shows that children whose families engage in at-home learning activities make greater gains in language scores than those children without parental involvement.
  • The mCLASS Home Connect letters can be produced in English, Spanish, or Polish.
  • Schools and districts receive ongoing updates about children's progress in the literacy skill areas that are the foundation of long-term school success.
  • The mCLASS Home Connect letters can be produced after the DIBELS benchmark assessments, given three times during the school year.

Sources:

  • "Wireless Generation Launches mCLASS Home Connect to Provide Parents with Insights into Children's Literacy Development and Progress," Wireless Generation, 2005
  • "mCLASS: DIBELS and mCLASS: Reading 3D Handheld-to-Web Formative Assessment Software," Wireless Generation
  • "About Wireless Generation," Wireless Generation, www.wirelessgeneration.com