
Only Institute of Reading Development programs combine outstanding books and top-notch instruction to create skilled and enthusiastic readers.
How Your 8th Grader Will Grow and Improve In Our Program
Our program provides a proven path for middle schoolers to improve key skills, increase confidence, and develop the motivation to read more. Click on the building blocks below to explore all the ways your son or daughter will benefit from this engaging, effective program.
Strengthen Skills
In this program, your child will significantly increase reading speed. As a result, comprehension will soar, your child's focus will improve, and he or she will complete school assignments more quickly.
We'll help your middle schooler become a more skilled writer with a richer vocabulary. Being able to effectively communicate ideas will set your child up for success in all subjects.
In our program, your child will learn how to comprehend and retain information and ideas in challenging nonfiction. These strategies will make studying easier and unlock your son or daughter's full academic potential.
Build Confidence
Middle school comes with lots of challenges. As your son or daughter masters key reading, writing, and study skills, frustration and apathy toward schoolwork will melt away.
In this program, your child will succeed with both fiction and nonfiction. With stronger reading and writing skills, he or she will approach each new assignment thinking, “I can do this!”
Great experiences with books engage a middle schooler's mind and heart and instill the desire to read more. Under the guidance of an expert teacher, your child will explore the meaningful themes in great novels and get excited about reading.
Become a Reader
With the skills your middle schooler develops in our program, he or she will be able to read with less effort and for longer periods of time in increasingly challenging books.
Discovering a love of books opens the door to new worlds. The outstanding novels in our program have the power to inspire and transform your 8th grader.
Regular reading has a big payoff for middle schoolers: stronger comprehension, a richer vocabulary, and greater success in school. This program will make reading an important part of your child's life, now and in the future.
Who Are We?
The Institute of Reading Development offers programs in partnership with colleges and universities. Over the last 52 years, we’ve worked with more than 200 academic institutions to inspire over 3 million students to become skilled, enthusiastic readers.
In your area, we provide programs in partnership with: University of Richmond School of Professional & Continuing Studies

In your area, we provide programs in partnership with: University of Richmond School of Professional & Continuing Studies
A Lifetime of
Limitless Benefits
Our students discover that the rewards of being a reader go well beyond school. Reading expands children’s horizons and gives them access to an endless source of inspiration and wisdom. As they imagine new possibilities, their dreams take flight. And best of all, reading empowers them to make these dreams come true.



Questions?
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Let's discuss your child's reading development. Call today to speak with an Institute of Reading Development Program Advisor.
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