Parent Dashboard: Track Your Child's Reading Progress
Sunday night, a short note lands on your phone. What she read. Where she tripped. Whether it clicked. Real numbers, not screen time.
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What the research says about helping your kid read
You don't have to be a teacher. Four decades of research keep landing on the same point: kids who read aloud for about 15 minutes a day - and get immediate, specific feedback - pull ahead on every measure that matters. Jim Trelease made the case in 'The Read-Aloud Handbook' that daily oral reading is the single most cost-effective thing a parent can do. The National Reading Panel (2000) confirmed it from the other side: fluency only grows when kids practice reading aloud with corrective feedback, not silently. And Hart & Risley's 'word gap' work showed how fast vocabulary compounds once a child is reading new words aloud each day. The catch: you can't always sit and listen. Work runs late. Other kids need attention. That's the gap Igo was built to fill - he listens to every word, flags the ones that didn't land, and you get the summary on Sunday.
Sources: National Reading Panel (2000); Jim Trelease, The Read-Aloud Handbook; Hart & Risley (1995)
WHAT LANDS ON YOUR PHONE
Every Sunday evening, you get this card
No teacher calls. No dashboards. Everything on one screen.
- Who read, when, and for how long
- Which books, and how cleanly
- Which words finally clicked
SUNDAY RECAP
Sofia, age 7
Apr 15–21
This week
+12% ↗What she read
Charlie the Chef
Tue · 5 min
Boots and the Puddle
Wed · 6 min
The Time-Traveling Library
Fri · 8 min
Words that were tricky
All three landed on retry.
The 4 reading metrics Readigo tracks
Every weekly card moves these four numbers. Each one is grounded in decades of reading research.
Accuracy
How many words your child reads correctly on the first try. The most basic measure of decoding - and the floor every other skill is built on.
Research → Anchored in the National Reading Panel's phonics and fluency pillars (NRP, 2000).
Fluency
Words per minute, compared to typical pace for your child's age. Slow reading drains the working memory needed for comprehension.
Research → Benchmarked against Hasbrouck & Tindal's oral reading fluency norms.
Pace
Whether reading is smooth or choppy. Even rhythm shows words are being recognized automatically instead of sounded out one by one.
Research → Reflects Samuels' automaticity theory - automatic word recognition frees the brain to make meaning.
Prosody
Natural expression and phrasing - pausing at commas, lifting at questions, grouping words into phrases. The strongest spoken sign that a child understands what she's reading.
Research → Prosody predicts comprehension scores (Schwanenflugel & Kuhn).
What you see each week
The card lands Sunday evening. You read it in 30 seconds.
Whether she read this week
No guessing. 6 days or 2 - you see it.
What she actually read
Book titles, pages, minutes. Not "played for 20 minutes".
Words that were tricky
Three words she stumbled on. And whether they landed on retry.
Whether she's getting better
Reading pace and accuracy, compared to last week, in plain words.
What you don't have to do
This is the whole point. You get your evenings back.
Sit next to her and listen to every word - Igo the dragon does that.
Learn what "fluency" or "reading pace" means - no jargon to decode.
Guess whether anything is sinking in - you see specific words and specific progress.
Reading milestones by age
Typical, not prescriptive. Kids develop at different paces - but these benchmarks help you read the weekly card with context. Pace is measured in words correct per minute (WCPM).
Ages 6–7
~50 WCPM
Decoding short, regular words. Reading aloud is still effortful - that's normal. Look for accuracy on common patterns (CVC, sight words) before chasing speed.
Ages 8–9
~90–110 WCPM
Moving into chapter books. Pace and expression start to appear. Fluency growth is the headline metric for this stretch - comprehension builds on it.
Ages 10–12
120+ WCPM
Reading complex texts. Word reading is largely automatic, and the cognitive work shifts to comprehension, inference, and vocabulary. Prosody matures and starts to mirror conversational speech.
Benchmarks adapted from Hasbrouck & Tindal oral reading fluency norms and Reading Rockets developmental guides.
What other apps tell you. What we tell you.
Four real messages. Left: a typical app. Right: Readigo.
Other apps
"Your child played for 20 minutes"
Readigo
"Sofia read 4 pages of 'Charlie the Chef'. 87% accuracy - up from 72% last week."
Other apps
"Session complete"
Readigo
"Three words didn't land at first: environment, necessary, probably. On retry, all three came out clean."
Other apps
"Great job!"
Readigo
"Reading pace up 12% this week. Her pace now matches her age."
Other apps
Designed around entertainment loops - points, costumes, mini-games - with no published learning framework.
Readigo
Built on the National Reading Panel's five pillars and the Science of Reading. Every metric maps to peer-reviewed research.
This card is what sold me. I can see exactly which words she trips on and how the numbers move each week. I don't have to ask - I just see.
About the Parent Dashboard
How often do reports arrive?
You get a recap card every Sunday evening, with a quick summary right after each reading session. You can switch to daily or monthly in the app settings.
What does the dashboard actually show?
Books read, minutes, accuracy, fluency, and reading pace - plus the specific words your child stumbled on and whether they got them on retry. No vague "good job", no jargon.
Can I track multiple kids on one subscription?
Yes. Up to 3 kids share a single Readigo subscription with separate progress profiles. Each child's dashboard is independent.
Is the data shared with the school or anyone else?
No. Readigo is COPPA compliant. Voice is processed in the cloud only for scoring, then deleted. Reading data stays in your account and is never sold or shared.
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