Developed for Grades 3–10, Academic Workout kits use short, focused lessons to teach the reading and English Language Arts standards that appear on state tests. Academic Workout ELA strands cover reading, phonics and fluency, vocabulary, listening and speaking, literature, writing, and grammar, usage, and mechanics.

Developed for English Language Learners at Grades 5–12, Great Source's ACCESS English presents high-interest English lessons that cover big ideas in literature, writing, reading, and grammar. Using standards-based, sheltered instruction to support different levels of proficiency, ACCESS English prepares students for high-stakes assessments.

CICS ACT Practice: English was developed in conjunction with Chicago International Charter School (CICS) to give students experience of the ACT English test and the type of questions they will encounter. Designed to be administered throughout the year, the 36 practice tests use readings on a variety of subjects and at different levels of difficulty to review key skills in sentence structure, grammar and usage, and punctuation. For interactive whiteboard product description, see Technology portfolio.

CICS ACT Practice: Reading was developed in conjunction with Chicago International Charter School (CICS) to give students experience of the ACT Reading test and the type of questions they will encounter. Designed to be administered throughout the year, the 36 practice tests use both literary narratives and informational passages at different levels of difficulty to review key reading and vocabulary skills. For interactive whiteboard product description, see Technology portfolio.

McDougal Littell's Nextext Coursebooks provide concise authoritative introductions to elective courses. Each text emphasizes the practical, how-to aspects of its subject and reinforces learning with student-friendly visuals. Language arts titles include Essentials of Speech Communication and Introduction to Journalism.

Developed for Great Source, the Daybooks of Critical Reading & Writing use high-interest fiction and nonfiction to teach students reading and writing skills. These grade-specific, consumable texts span grades 2–12. The program uses daily integration of reading and writing skills and encourages students to become active, critical readers and writers.

Designed for Grades 9–12, Sadlier-Oxford’s Grammar and Writing for Standardized Tests provides focused instruction and useful models to help students develop the skills needed to write a timed essay and to answer the multiple-choice grammar and usage questions on the SAT and ACT. For online practice product description, see Technology portfolio.

Sadlier-Oxford’s Grammar for Writing Grades 6–8 is designed to enable students of all ability levels to achieve success both on academic writing assessments and outside the classroom. A complete writing and grammar program, Grammar for Writing prepares students to meet English language arts standards, to master key skills and useful strategies, and apply what they have learned to real-world writing tasks. For online practice product description, see Technology portfolio.

Available for grades 3–12, Great Source's Reader's Handbooks introduce key reading skills and strategies and show students how to apply them to different types of texts—from poems and articles to graphs and web pages. Complete with high-interest authentic literature models and an array of graphic organizers, the Reader's Handbooks help students become strong readers.

Developed for Pearson Education and available for grades K—6, the Reading Street Response to Intervention Kit covers core ELA standards in the five pillars of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics and decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The Kit, which includes placement tests and a Teacher's Guide and Student Worktext for each reading area, can be used for small-group or one-on-one instruction.