Summary Street is a Web-based reading comprehension and writing instruction tool. Students use their own words to write summaries of short online texts, such as social studies or science chapters or any supplementary text. Summary Street automatically compares the student's writing to each of the sections of the text and provides immediate feedback about the content coverage on a section-by-section basis. Online feedback includes information on copying from the text, spelling, redundancy, and irrelevant sentences. Feedback can be tied directly to any piece(s) of content that should be covered in the summary.

Summary Street has been shown to be both an effective and enjoyable educational tool with lasting results. Students spend more time practicing as they strive to improve their summaries within the engaging environment. Results from classroom studies have shown that students write significantly better summaries, spend much more time writing, and develop reading skills that transfer to standardized tests more than students who write summaries but receive no automated feedback. Also, Summary Street boosts the performance of students so they can tackle more difficult reading assignments.

Developed in conjunction with the Colorado Literacy Tutor Project and funded through the U.S. Institute of Education Sciences and National Science Foundation, Summary Street is currently used in schools throughout Colorado and other states. Summary Street technology is based on the industry leading KAT™ engine.

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Case Studies
     Case Study: New Jersey Middle Schools (pdf)
     Case Study: Clemente High School, Chicago (pdf)
     Case Study: Colorado Schools (pdf)
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