Phonics Inventory vs Training Minds

Phonics Inventory™ (formerly known as Scholastic Phonics Inventory) remains the same digital assessment tool that measures decoding and sight word reading fluency in fewer than 10 minutes. PI can be used as a universal screener, or placement into a Tier II or III intervention, as well as a progress monitoring tool. NOW our customers can administer PI on iPads to assess foundational reading skills for grades 3 - 12+. With PI, students' accuracy and fluency are measured in less than 10 minutes: 1. Practice tests measure touchscreen speed/ability. 2. Letter recognition assess students' recognition of lower-case letters. 3. Sight word recognition measure students' knowledge of high-frequency sight-words. 4. Non-Word decoding tests assess students' decoding skills. PI is: - A VALIDATED measure of decoding and sight word fluency - fast and scaleable - perfect for RTI PI for iPad is available to all System 44 Next Generation customers.

Your child's brain already works hard enough. Most toddler apps start teaching lessons before a child has learned that what's on a screen can represent something real. Then they rely on repetition and hope learning sticks. Training Minds starts at that missing connection. What your toddler already knows — builds on what they already understand, making learning less frustrating for them and more encouraging for you. Designed so every moment counts — connects screen content to the real world first, then builds each lesson on the last: clear examples, real contrast, immediate feedback. What your child learns — 140+ research-backed lessons for ages 18–48 months across 8 domains (animals, food, body parts, colors, shapes, vehicles, emotions, letters, numbers, and more), 18,000+ professional voice recordings, 2,900+ photorealistic images, 140+ videos, fully bilingual (English/Spanish) with independent per-language progress. Brings learning into the real world — try the 3 most popular lessons free at trainingminds.co. Built for parents who are paying attention — no data collected or shared, ever; no account, no cloud sync, no analytics; works fully offline; no ads or engagement algorithms; two visual styles (bold or Montessori wood); multiple child profiles; calm progress tracking with no scores/rankings. I studied psychology and behavioral economics at Harvard. Becoming a mother brought me back to the question that first pulled me toward psychology: how do people learn and make decisions? That question became Training Minds. I'm currently writing a book about what I've learned.