Community reviews for Raz-Kids

Navigating the administrative process and back end functions was easy: From importing students, student log ins, and assigning levels I felt that whole process involved little frustration and a reasonable time commitment. While the K-2 demographic loved it, my third graders did not. I liked that the students could record their reading and I could hear it. This is great for teachers who don't have time everyday to hear every single students reading fluency progress. Loved that aspect. All in all, this is a good tool for lower primary grades.

As a teaching tool I think this is a great supplement. At the lower levels I feel that there should be a greater variety of books since the early reading levels are the most important in my opinion. This is a great tool for students that can't always go to the library and may or may not have a computer at home because it is mobile friendly! I just wish you could save books for offline use like MyOn.

This is a phenomenal app and website for children and the parents. It works especially great for children with disabilities and the ELL population. My favorite part of this app is the ability for the books to be read to children. While it reads the books it highlights what line is being read in green and then the exact word that is being read is highlighted in yellow. This enables the child to follow along flawlessly.This is extremely important in a household where a parent cant help their child either due to time or academic limits. The children feel very motivated to learn in this game because they are able to rack up points and use the points to build their own robots. A master reader is able to read the book as simply a digital book and with every book is an interactive quiz.The children get more points for answering the quiz and then even more points for going back and correcting their work. The app and website are both child, parent, and teacher friendly. The teacher is capable of viewing how many books have been read and what level the child is progressing to. This will of course with consistent use scaffold the child's learning to the next level. It gives complete control of the program to the teacher. Lastly, the program comes with personalized letters and code/user name cards for each student. This is so convenient.

Overall Raz-Kids is an amazing product. ALL students are able to have just right books with lots of scaffolded support. Parents liked knowing that there was a place their children could go online and not only improve their reading and learn but also be safe. But at our school, since we have used RK for some many years, we were finding that many of the kids, particularly in grades 3-5, were not as engaged in it anymore. As a result we made a decision this year to not renew RK and to try a different product. Despite this, Raz-Kids is truly great product and I would strongly recommend it.

This site should not be used as a teaching tool, but it can definitely be used as reinforcement and practice. I like how all students have their own account. As a teacher, you can monitor and track progress. When a student has completed a task, you can print out information on that certain student in that particular level.

I appreciate that my school paid for this website for all my students. It takes a while to set up the class. The teacher must input all the student names and then make the usernames and passwords easy for children to remember and type. After that, the teacher must assign a group of levels to each student.

I think this is a great reinforcement activity. My class uses this app for no more than 15 minutes before switching to another activity.

I think the product is great but have experienced several frustrating customer service issues with this company. I find them very unhelpful when dealing with complaints and when trying to resolve technical issues. Resolving issues has taken up to 3/4 conversations and about 90 minutes of telephone and email time. I am particularly unhappy about their renewal process. I recently renewed and extended my membership with raz kids, having promised several parents they would have access to this resource. Upon renewal and extension from 1 classroom to 2, I found that despite having paid for this product I would be unable to use the extra classroom until the end of my previous years membership unless I was willing to pay extra. I find this attitude to customer service mystifying. Having paid for a product, to then be told despite having paid for it I would be unable to use it for 3 months is very frustrating. I think this company needs to improve its customer help and make sure that it doesn't alienate customers by being unwilling to work together to solve issues/problems that arise.

I like the independence that students can experience as they navigate choices. Have to monitor students to make sure they are not just rushing through and not really reading. I use this resource as part of homework because it is available anywhere as an on-line app or computer website.

Teachers' time is very valuable and scarce at times, so that is why using Raz-Kids is worth the time to set up for your classroom. Once everything is set up, the program runs itself without much teacher time in overseeing it. In the beginning, I only used the basic part of the program without the book room part, using only teacher assigned leveled books and as I had more time to explore the opportunities for my students I then implemented them. The settings allows the teacher to differentiate and control the learning time for each student. There is more that I can still use that I look forward to learning how to use, for example, the students can record their reading fluency or take their own running record. Using Raz-Kids is an easy way to help my students begin using technology to enhance their learning and helps me provide for my 21st century learners!