June 2026 Product Update: Tutorials, Reports, and Classroom Polish
June focused on teacher documentation and product polish: a new video tutorial series, stronger Reports views, faster passage saves, quick range selection, and Chinese passage defaults.
June was mostly a documentation and training month.
After the May release added passage collections, roster groups, and Workspace Reports, we heard a clear message from teachers: the features were landing, but teams needed clearer guidance on how the pieces fit together. So this month we spent more time on tutorials, walkthroughs, and content than on new product surface area.
That does not mean the product stood still. Reports got easier to use, passage editing got faster, and a few educator-requested workflow details shipped along the way.
ReadingFluency.app Overview
New video tutorial series and written guides
The biggest June deliverable is a companion tutorial path for teachers who prefer video, screenshots, or step-by-step written guides.
Start here:
- Get Started with ReadingFluency.app — the tutorial hub with the overview video above and links to the full series
- Sidebar and Workspaces
- Create and Organize Passages
- Add Students and Roster Groups
- Run an Oral Reading Fluency Assessment
- Host a Live Group Reading Session
- Analyze Reading Fluency Reports
The overview video explains the three core concepts — passages, students, and assessments — and how they connect. The rest of the series walks through the workflows teachers use most often in real classrooms.
If you are onboarding a teammate, sharing a district training deck, or returning after a few weeks away, that tutorial path is now the best place to start.
Reports is easier to use and better for trend review
Reports continued to improve after the May beta launch.
It is now easier than ever to look beyond isolated scores. You can review trends over time for a roster group or an individual student, filter by passage and date range, and use the chart to spot who is improving, who is flat, and where intervention may be needed.
When a roster group has dated goal checkpoints, those targets can appear directly on the trend chart so you can see whether students are moving toward each checkpoint over time.
We also added a summary table that makes it easier to compare rates of improvement across students and see how current performance lines up with a group goal.
That table is especially useful when you are preparing for a data meeting, reviewing a benchmark window, or checking whether an intervention group is moving toward its target.
For a full walkthrough, see Analyze Reading Fluency Reports.
Roster groups, goals, and checkpoints are documented
May introduced roster groups and optional WCPM and accuracy goals. In June we focused on making that workflow easier to learn.
The written and video tutorials now show how to define a roster group, set WCPM and accuracy goals, and add dated goal checkpoints that carry into Reports.
If you have not set up groups yet, start with Add Students and Roster Groups.
Regression lines make trend direction easier to read
Reports trend charts can now show per-student regression lines instead of only connecting adjacent assessment points.
Switch the chart style to Regression to see a best-fit line through each student's filtered scores. That makes it easier to tell whether a student is improving, holding steady, or slipping over time, even when individual readings bounce up and down.
You can still use Lines for connected readings or Points when you want each assessment shown on its own.
Quick range selection before an assessment
Teachers asked for a faster way to define the reading range on a passage before starting an assessment.
You can now double-click any word in a passage to set a new range boundary. This makes it easier to assess a shorter excerpt, focus on a harder section, or align the reading window with a local benchmark protocol — all without re-editing the passage text.
Passage saves are faster
When you edit a passage, ReadingFluency.app now saves it immediately instead of waiting for cover image generation to finish.
Cover images still generate in the background, but the save itself is much faster. That matters when you are iterating on passage text, grade level, or reading length during prep time. This improvement also came directly from educator feedback.
Chinese passages now default to character-level segmentation
For Chinese passages, word-level segmentation was never an accurate way to measure oral reading fluency, and character-level segmentation was already the default for most classrooms.
We removed the word-level option so teachers no longer need to choose between units when setting up Chinese reading assessments.
What stayed the same from May
Collections, roster groups, workspace collaboration, and the Reports beta foundation from the May 2026 Product Update are still the backbone of the product.
June was about helping teachers actually use that foundation: clearer tutorials, stronger Reports views, and a handful of workflow improvements that came directly from classroom feedback.
Where to go next
If you are new to ReadingFluency.app, start with Get Started with ReadingFluency.app.
If you already have assessments in your workspace, open Reports, try the summary table, and use the new tutorial series to onboard a teammate without rebuilding your own walkthrough from scratch.
If you have three or more colleagues who want to learn ReadingFluency.app together, we also offer free virtual PD sessions. In a 45-minute workshop, we walk your group through passage setup, student rosters, AI auto-scoring, group sessions, and Reports.
A note as the school year winds down
For many of you, the semester has already ended or is winding down, and summer is here or close. Product usage tends to dip this time of year, and so do teacher requests. Because our roadmap is driven by teacher requests, we expect product development to move at a slower pace over the next couple of months. We are still here if you need help — email support@readingfluency.app anytime with questions, feedback, or setup issues.
We hope you get a restful summer. Thank you for the work you put into your students this year.
See what this could look like in your classroom.
If you want to spend less time on assessment logistics and more time helping students read, these pages show a few practical ways ReadingFluency.app can help.
Reports improvements make group trends, summary tables, and goal alignment easier to review in one place.
Roster groups, goals, and Reports help teachers move from isolated scores to progress monitoring.
Passage workflow updates make it faster to edit passages and define assessment ranges before reading.
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