The free reading check
Your child is smart. So why is reading so hard?
See how it works in 2 minutes
If reading is a nightly battle, there is a reason, and it is not laziness and it is not your fault. In a few minutes, this gentle check shows you your child's exact reading level and the specific place where reading is breaking down.
It is not too late, and there is a way forward.
This is not a random quiz. It was built by reading specialists on the science of reading and the Orton Gillingham approach, the structured-literacy method trusted for dyslexic and struggling readers, so it pinpoints the exact skill where your child's reading is breaking down.
You run it together, side by side, when your child is next to you. Your child reads a few things aloud, you tap what you hear. No grades, no pressure, no comparison to other kids. Free, no signup, and nothing is saved unless you ask us to.
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About 3 minutes · ages 3 to 18 · no card, ever, for the check
The kind of reading check a specialist often charges $100 or more for. Yours is free.
What this is, in plain terms
The reading check is free for everyone, forever. No signup, no card, and you keep the full result either way. There is no paywall hiding inside it.
Behind it is our full reading program, the nightly story sessions you will see below. If the check shows your child needs it, the first week is free, then it is $39 a month for every child in your family. In a growing list of states, education funds can cover it. If your child does not need it, we will say so, and the check alone is still yours.
Which sounds most like your child?
Tap the one that fits. We built A New Page for all of them.
See the trick that makes kids ask to read
Play your child's part for fifteen seconds. Tap each word below as if you just read it out loud.
- ★Your child is the hero, by nameThe program writes your child into an illustrated adventure story built at their exact level. The story only moves forward when they read. Kids stop fighting reading time and start asking for it.
- ★Real structured literacy, not another appExplicit phonics in the research-backed sequence, mastery checks at 90 percent, and spaced review that automatically brings back anything missed. The same approach specialists charge thousands to deliver.
- ★Fifteen minutes a night, progress you can seeOne calm session a day, every child in your family included, and a weekly report in plain English that shows exactly what grew.
Reviewed by a reading specialist with 41 years of experience teaching children to read.
Julie Bedell, Founding Literacy Advisor. Orton-based reading specialist, 41 years of teaching. Read more reviews →
What you will walk away with
A real example. Yours will be about your child, in the same plain English.
Sample result · Emma, age 8
Her exact starting level: Step 2.3. Short vowels are solid. That is real progress her school may not have named yet.
Where reading breaks down: consonant blends, like the st in stop and the bl in black. When a word has one, Emma guesses from the first letter instead of reading it through. That one habit explains most of the nightly battle.
Tonight's first step: one fifteen minute story built at step 2.3, where every word is one she can win. Confidence first, then blends.
Our story in 30 seconds · tap for tonight's plan →
What the check tells you
Not a vague score. A clear, plain-English picture you can act on tonight.
- ✓Your child's exact starting levelThe precise step where reading is neither too hard nor too easy, the level real progress is built from.
- ✓Where reading is breaking downThe specific skill that is tripping your child up, named clearly, so you finally understand what is actually going on.
- ✓What to do nextA simple, concrete next step matched to exactly what the check found, whether that is starting here at home or asking the school for more.
- ✓Answers for struggling and dyslexic readersThis check is built for the kids other tools give up on. If reading has been a long fight, this is made for you.
Why you can trust this check
A New Page was built by a team of reading experts and veteran specialists with more than 40 years in the field, grounded in structured literacy and the Orton Gillingham approach, the gold standard for teaching kids who learn to read differently.
The check is gentle by design. Your child cannot fail it. It is educational, not a medical diagnosis, and your data stays on your device unless you choose to save it.
How it works
- 1Sit together for a few minutesOne calm screen at a time. You are told exactly what to say and what to tap.
- 2See the plain resultYour child's level, the sticking point, and the next step, in words that make sense.
- 3Start that night, if you want toThe very first story is built at your child's exact level and waiting. Free week, no credit card. Or just keep the result and come back later. Nothing is lost.
You are ready. Here is tonight's plan.
Three minutes, side by side, after dinner or before bed. Your child reads a few words, you tap what you hear, and you finally see what is actually going on.
Send yourself the link for tonight
We will email it to you now, so when your child is beside you, it is one tap. Most parents do it this way.
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