CAPIT Goals

CAPIT teachers have three Goals: Yearly Goals, Weekly Goals, and Daily Goals:

1. YEARLY GOAL: Pre-K students should finish Level 1 (Fig. 1) by the end of the school year. Kindergarten students should finish Level 1 within three months and Level 2 (Fig. 2) by the end of the school year. Students in 1st grade and above should finish Level 3 (Fig. 3) by the end of the school year.

2. WEEKLY GOAL: Ensure students use CAPIT 5 DAYS A WEEK, or a minimum of 4 days a week. Students who begin learning with CAPIT in August or September should use CAPIT for over 100 days a year.

3. DAILY GOAL: Ensure students complete their daily quota of CAPIT Lessons. Pre-K students complete 1 lesson every 2 days. Kindergarten students can complete between 1 to 3 lessons a day. 1st-Graders and 2nd-Graders can complete between 3 to 5 lessons a day. Students should spend a minimum of 15-20 MINUTES A DAY learning with CAPIT.

   The only exceptions are the struggling students who take longer to complete each lesson. Struggling students need additional time on CAPIT to keep up—and eventually—catch up to the rest of the class. We recommend two 15-minute sessions, one in the morning and another later in the day.

Below we explain how teachers can support their students in achieving these goals.

Active Days on CAPIT

CAPIT measures a student’s activity in days. When a student completes 1 or more new lessons on any given day, CAPIT credits the student with a day of usage. Students can complete several new lessons each day, and teachers should encourage students to do so.

The image on the right (Fig. 4) shows that one student used CAPIT for only 28 days (Red), and another used it for 47 days (Green). (Yellow indicates an Average User.) Disparities in usage are common, but we should minimize them by ensuring all students access CAPIT every day and use it correctly. Some students will need a reminder that they must complete NEW Lessons each day.

For more information on what constitutes Usage, click on this button:

Your Friend, the Filter

The Filter—found on the bottom of the Teacher Portal—allows you to know with certainty which students used CAPIT and how many lessons they completed. The filter’s default setting is from the date your school or district created its CAPIT account through the present day (See Fig. 5).

To use the filter, enter your desired dates and click Filter. Your CAPIT Portal will now report only the data generated within your specified time-frame (Fig. 6). Now you can see who used the program today. 1 Day indicates a student who completed today at least one new lesson. 0 Days indicates a student who did not complete any new lessons on this date.

When you look to the left of the "Active Usage” column, you can see student progress made on this date. Fig. 6 shows that one student completed only 1 lesson in Level 2, and another completed 5 lessons. The bottom two students did not progress due to lack of Usage (1+ new lesson completed).

Teachers should use the filter regularly to ensure their students completed their daily and weekly quota of lessons and are on track to meeting their Yearly CAPIT Goals, thereby achieving optimal growth as readers.

For ideas that will help you motivate your students to achieve their CAPIT Goals, please click on the button below.