Frequently Asked Questions

R3X is an adult-guided bridge reading system for students who continue to struggle with connected reading while traditional phonics instruction continues. It builds automatic word recognition, fluency, comprehension, and successful reading through short cumulative texts.

No. R3X complements traditional phonics instruction. When a student stalls on a word, the adult adds focused phonics support and guides the student back into the sentence.

No. R3X is designed for a teacher, instructional assistant, interventionist, tutor, or other trained adult to guide the lesson. The adult observes the student, records responses, provides support, and makes instructional decisions.

A typical adult-guided session is approximately 5–8 minutes. The exact time varies with the student, the instructional step, and the amount of support needed.

Initial Placement is teacher-scored and untimed. It begins with a Level Locator and then continues to Book Placement. The adult selects Automatic, NAY, or Unread to record the student’s first response. R3X recommends a starting book, and the teacher confirms the final starting point before instruction begins.

Active Learning Words are the small set of strategically selected new words introduced in a book or instructional section. The surrounding text is built mainly from words the student already recognizes automatically.

NAY means Not Automatic Yet. It is an adult-recorded word status for a word the student has encountered but does not yet recognize automatically. R3X does not use a response-time threshold to decide whether an Assessment word is Automatic or NAY.

The adult provides focused support using sentence meaning, visible word information, and phonics. When appropriate, R3X moves the word into Word Work so the student can review sound parts, blend the word, read it, and return to connected text.

Familiar words reduce unnecessary cognitive load and preserve sentence meaning. The clear context helps the student narrow and confirm a new word. Once the new word becomes automatic, it joins the Automatic Word Bank and becomes part of the foundation for later books.

Word Work is focused phonics and blending support embedded inside the Reading Cycle. The instructional path moves from the sentence to Word Lift, Blend Practice, Read the Word, any available flashcard support, and then back to the sentence. R3X can reuse original Word Work support when an earlier Active Learning Word is encountered again in a later Bridge.

After reading, the student responds to two types of grade-level comprehension questions. Direct Questions are scored by the program. Teacher-Guided Questions are scored by the teacher using directions, expected-answer guidance, text evidence, and a 0–100 scale in 5-point increments. Scores below 70 enter Review. After the Questions stage, only questions needing support move into Review for discussion or reteaching while the original score is preserved.

Reading placement is determined by assessment, not grade level. Comprehension questions are selected according to the student’s grade level, allowing accessible reading while the student continues to practice grade-level thinking, academic language, and question types.

R3X may help students who repeatedly sound out familiar words, forget phonics patterns after instruction, read so slowly that sentence meaning is lost, or become overwhelmed by the number of decoding decisions required in connected text.

No. R3X is designed for struggling readers in general education and special education. Instructional need, not program placement, determines whether R3X may be appropriate.

Yes. R3X can support students with IEPs when the program matches their reading needs and is used as part of an appropriate instructional plan.

Reading placement is based on assessment rather than grade level. The current R3X comprehension banks provide grade-level questions for Grades 3–6.

Yes. Student display settings include clean font choices, adjustable text size, spacing options, and reduced-clutter presentation. R3X does not assume that one special font solves reading difficulty.

The program is designed around brief adult-guided instruction. One-to-one use is the clearest current model. Small-group procedures should preserve accurate individual response recording and adult guidance.

Yes. R3X saves instructional progress so the adult can pause and later resume supported assessment and instructional workflows.

R3X supports multiple student profiles and provides a Current Students dashboard. A public hard maximum has not been locked; practical use depends on the teacher’s instructional setting and local computer resources.

Reports include Automatic Word Bank growth, NAY Words, Reading / Fluency, assessment history and comparison, comprehension results, book history, and the sources of recorded word growth.

Yes. The Library provides clean reader previews and printing for take-home readers and instructional materials. Reports may also be printed.

A BridgePack is the separate instructional-content package imported into R3X. It contains approved books, sections, word metadata, comprehension content, reader materials, and associated images.

Keeping the application engine separate from instructional content allows the program and content to be maintained independently. Student records remain separate from both.

The complete Core Reading system is designed as Bridges 1–10. The public R3X Starter Package will include a separate BridgePack One containing all ten Bridges after final content assembly and clean-import QA are complete.

Bridges 1–3 contain foundational content. Bridges 4, 6, and 8 establish Grades 3, 4, and 5 content. Bridges 5, 7, and 9 extend those grade-level content bands. Bridge 10 contains Grade 6 content. These labels describe academic topics, not required reading placement.

No. Students do not need website accounts, email addresses, or cloud logins.

No. After the application and BridgePack are installed, normal instruction runs locally. Internet access is used for the teacher website, downloads, updates, and online support materials.

Student records are stored locally in the signed-in teacher’s protected R3X runtime area on the Windows computer.

No. R3X does not automatically transmit student information. A de-identified analysis export is created only when an educator intentionally chooses to create one.

R3X creates automatic encrypted backups. Teachers do not need to choose a folder or understand the storage system. District technology staff may centrally redirect backups to an approved Windows or network location.

R3X verifies managed backup locations. If a configured location is unavailable, the program continues protected automatic backups in its local fallback location rather than sending student data elsewhere.

R3X 1.1.7 is a 64-bit Windows desktop program. Its Electron framework supports Windows 10 or later. The exact signed R3X 1.1.7 pilot installer has completed installed-app QA on Windows 11. A clean Windows 10 x64 test remains before the final public support statement is locked. macOS, ChromeOS, iPadOS, iOS, Android, and Windows on ARM are not currently supported.

No. A printer is optional and is used only when the teacher wants printed readers, instructional materials, or reports.

Teachers, tutors, homeschool parents, caregivers, and other adults guiding instruction will use one normal R3X account. Access will connect automatically through a pilot invitation, purchase, or school or district arrangement. Students will not receive website accounts.

No. A pilot invitation link can connect access directly to the adult’s normal R3X account. Users will not need to type, save, or manage a separate invitation code.

The pilot download area is being prepared to provide the signed R3X 1.1.7 Windows installer, a separate BridgePack One package for Bridges 1–10, and setup guidance. The exact BridgePack One release file must be confirmed before it is published.

Pilot access is part of the planned delivery model. Exact pilot terms, duration, support, and licensing language remain to be finalized before public launch.

The teacher website and protected download area will provide approved application and content downloads. The exact update workflow will be finalized before launch.

Training, support, and frequently asked questions will be provided through the website. The exact training package and support response process remain under development.

Not yet. The signed R3X 1.1.7 desktop build has completed installed-app QA. Public distribution remains gated by confirming the final BridgePack One release file, completing clean import and end-to-end teacher-package verification, and finishing the protected website delivery path.