Reading PlusReviews of readingplus.com

Reading Plus is widely criticized by students for being a monotonous, high-pressure, and often counterproductive tool, turning the enjoyment of reading into a stressful, repetitive chore. The program's forced reading speeds, unengaging content, and rigid, punitive grading system can actively discourage students from reading rather than improving their skills.Tedious and Disengaging Content .Students frequently report that the stories in Reading Plus are boring and lack relatability, making the experience feel more like a tedious task than a beneficial activity. The reading materials are often recycled, resulting in students having to read the same dull stories repeatedly over several years.Unrealistic and Restrictive "Reading Eye" Technique. A major complaint involves the "SeeReader" component, which uses a "guided window" that reveals text at a specific, sometimes slow, speed. This prevents students from going back and re-reading sentences, a fundamental skill for comprehension. It acts like "horse blinders," limiting the user's ability to engage in normal, active reading habits.High-Pressure and Punitive Grading Reading Plus demands that students hit specific, high percentages on lessons, often leading to immediate penalties for wrong answers, which causes significant stress. For many, the program becomes a source of anxiety rather than a learning tool, with students often feeling "stupid" for getting questions wrong, even if they are proficient readers.Time-Consuming and Ineffective For many, the program is seen as a waste of time, consuming hours of valuable class time or homework time that could be better spent on productive work. Some users report having to complete extensive assignments to meet high weekly requirements. In some cases, students have used the program for years without seeing any improvements in their reading abilities. Conclusion. While designed to improve fluency, Reading Plus is largely viewed as a "torture device" that reduces reading to a mindless, high-stress, repetitive exercise. It frequently fails to engage students, instead creating a negative association with reading.

I have to sit there reading books that are not interesting and you get put on support mode. Also when you read to fast you get put on hold and the teacher needs to stop doing what she is doing and take me of hold and if you just get put on hold once my teacher starts saying why are you on hold. Sometimes I don’t even read same for others and my teacher check who is reading and if you’re not reading then you get detention and you stay in for the whole of break and lunch and you get sent to the headteachers office if I could I would rate it a -1000000000000 stars. I am trying to do my stats and go to secondary school and I am on reading plus 0 stars schools don’t get this

Reading plus actually used to be kind of fun to begin with, but now it has turned into a bunch of garbage. For example, according to one text, which was supposed to be "non–fiction," Winston Churchill was Prime Minister twice (once in WW2, which was correct, and once in the 1950s, which is wrong). This is now just boring, and causes suffering. Also, the comprehension questions often have absolutely nothing to do with the actual text. In my opinion, this website should be considered obsolete and out dated.

This website is horrible, the website is so outdated. Whenever I realise I have a reading plus lesson, I shed a tear. I hate doing it, I am always on hold most of the time when I read the whole thing to the point I start to spam. Please fix this website.

Appalling it is high stress and boring, repetitive stories.

Reading plus complaint Well my primary school used this and let's just say this is absolutely TRASH and I agree with the reviews! So anyways my school made us use it almost EVERY morning and I have not improved the G rate is ssoooo slow and when I read at my normal I rate it says "slow down ur reading TOO FAST" so basically that is just making my reading worse and the vocabulary ugh like for most words it's impossible to master them as you can only humanly possibly get 4 or 5 points when u need 7 + points and the words u can master but u get wrong it says it as wrong when u have learnt the meaning and typed the correct word but when u type the same word again it says correct. Flash is just useless scan is useless but at least a bit fun. OVERALL AVOID THIS SCAMMY APP I'm a Year 7 student who gets assigned Reading Plus homework every week and it is insufferable. The G-rate is either a snail or a fighter jet and you need to match it EXACTLY while reading independently or you need to re-read the page. The comprehension questions are more about memory than understanding the text and you must be near PERFECT to keep advancing and for your assignments to count. The design is extremely outdated and if you (God forbid) don't have a photographic memory you get a patronising "Uh-oh. Your score was XX% on your last reading lesson," etc. Also, when on the last "combo" of a level, you don't get to use any assistance, just your memory. Also, the percentage calculation is RIDICULOUS because a correct question is worth 10% (or 20%, more on that later) while a "partial credit" is, you guessed it, 4%. LEARN MATHEMATICS! Also, if you manage to survive for 5 levels, you only get asked 5 questions and once again, a "partial credit" is WRONG: 8% while a correct question is 20%. Any teachers reading this: do NOT use this archaic, frustrating and patronising website.I use this website as homework at school and to be honest its really bad. The teachers say it 'improves your reading' but all it does is make you read longer texts and increase your reading speed. Some people in my class would disagree with me, but in my case im quite and advanced reader so the texts for me are always too short or too straightforward. The stories on there are mostly informational and no real stories. Plus you have to get to a high level to find stories that are actually interesting. It also makes me want to read less physical books because im so mentally tired from reading them i cant be bothered to read actual books. In all of the levels there are limited stories (because of course there cant be infinite stories for reading plus to have) but there is a very small variety to choose from. Overall could be improved a lot in many ways. FABULOUSLY HORRIBLE this is the worst sight to make kids do. I'm a licensed therapist and I tried this out, because they where complaining about it. I thought it couldn't be that bad. BUT NO. it is worse than bad. I read five books. IT MADE ME FEEL ANXIOUS, DEPRESSED AND IT GAVE ME BAD ANXIETY when using. PLEASE. TO ALL THE SCHOOLS OUT THERE THAT USE THIS. DON'T DO IT ANYMORE. THIS IS MENTALLY DRAINING YOUR KIDS. PLEASE CONSIDER JUST MAKING THEM READ AND YAP ABOUT THE BOOK AFTER. It's so simple. Do the developers know of a thing called MENTAL HEALTH???? Clearly not, because it is destroying every users mental health. Genuinely the most boring website on google Reading Plus is meant to be a tool to help people improve their reading, although all it manages to do is to calculate scores wrong. I am convinced they search for the least interesting books, stories and articles on the internet. Also, when you are on independent mode, if you go just a little too fast, its say you are reading too far above your speed and if you do it too many times it doesn't record one. Maybe if they chose interesting books i would be writing this reviewTRASH website my G rate is sooooooooo slooooooooow.It doesn't even help with my reading. And when I was reading it said TOO FAST! even though it was my adavage speed and doesn't help with my reading ,English or spelling.This is don't make students use this it's a waste of time"TICKET TO HELL!!!"

the website looks and feels like it hasn't changed since since it 2010 or before that, not to mention me and my class were begging our teacher to not assign it to us as homework. forced to use this website by my school for 2 years (left that school at end of first year of middle school)

It’s crap the books are boring waste of time you don’t learn anything from it. It reads horribly slow might as well use ai please don’t use this website for homework