From conducting a walkthrough to presenting findings at a staff meeting, LiteracyLens has it.
From conducting a walkthrough to presenting findings at a staff meeting, LiteracyLens has every step covered.
Rate classroom instruction against 53 research-aligned indicators across 9 Science of Reading domains — automatically filtered to the grade level you're observing. Log lesson context, student evidence, coaching notes, and a follow-up plan, all in under 15 minutes.
See your whole school at a glance. Color-coded domain scores by grade let you spot patterns and prioritize professional development in seconds.
Browse all 53 high-leverage practices to look for, plus 11 common instructional gaps to watch for, in any domain — calibrate your team and anchor coaching conversations to clear criteria.
Track how every domain and every grade is moving month over month. See whether PD investments are translating into practice — and identify which teachers need follow-up coaching after training.
Keep a roster of every teacher you're observing, how many walkthroughs you've completed, and where each person stands across the SoR continuum.
Surface the domain-grade combinations that could use the most support — catching implementation gaps early, before they widen across grade levels. Prioritized automatically so you know exactly where to focus PD resources next.
Import your roster via CSV or add teachers one at a time. Grades are auto-normalized — no reformatting needed.
Select a teacher, rate each domain on the 4-point rubric, and capture lesson context, student evidence, coaching notes, and a follow-up step. Done in 10–15 minutes per classroom.
Scores roll up automatically. See trends by domain, grade, and teacher — updated the moment you finish an observation.
Check the sections you need and download a consolidated CSV — or export individually as CSV or PDF. Every file includes an audit header and coaching next steps, ready for your evaluation system or district leadership meeting.
Everything a principal needs to conduct walkthroughs, coach teachers, and track Science of Reading growth — all in one app.
Rate teacher practice live across 9 SoR domains, grade-filtered with calibrated anchors. Log lesson context, student evidence, and a follow-up step — then export an editable summary. Done in under 15 minutes.
Building-wide domain scores by grade, color-coded green to red. Spot strengths and gaps across your whole school in seconds.
Built-in research-aligned indicators for every SoR domain. Calibrate your team and anchor coaching to clear, shared criteria.
Track domain scores month over month. See whether PD investments are translating into stronger classroom instruction.
Full roster with walkthrough counts and SoR progress for every educator you're coaching across your building.
Your lowest-scoring domain-grade combinations, auto-ranked by priority so you know exactly where to focus PD resources next.
Individual CSV and PDF exports for observations, gap analysis, trends, teacher profiles, and a School PD Plan. Select multiple sections and download a single consolidated CSV — structured for import into your school’s evaluation system — with a full audit trail header on every file. After any walkthrough, export a Walkthrough Summary — an editable Word document for the record plus a print-ready PDF for the post-observation conference, complete with coaching notes and follow-up plan. See every column in the Data Export Spec Sheet →
Generic walkthrough tools rate “engagement” and “objectives posted.” Science of Reading observation means looking for explicit phonics instruction, sound walls in use, and evidence of decoding — LiteracyLens is built to see it.
| Can it observe… | Generic checklist | ✓ LiteracyLens |
|---|---|---|
| Decodable texts vs. leveled readers | ✕ | ✓ |
| Three-cueing / MSV prompts (flagged) | ✕ | ✓ |
| Encoding & spelling routines tied to phonics | ✕ | ✓ |
| Syllable-type instruction (all six types) | ✕ | ✓ |
| Sound walls used, not just displayed | ✕ | ✓ |
| Grade × domain gap analysis, automatic | ✕ | ✓ |
| Produces compliance evidence for state literacy mandates | ✕ | ✓ |
| Verifies trained teachers are putting SoR into practice | ✕ | ✓ |
| Works offline in the hallway | ✕ | ✓ |
That last row is a bigger story than one checkmark — see why everything runs on-device →
Built on structured literacy research — every indicator is observable in a 15-minute visit.
All six components covered: phonology, sound-symbol association, syllables, morphology, syntax, and semantics — including the encoding and syllable-type instruction most tools miss. Consistent with the IDA’s 2025 revised definition of dyslexia, which elevates spelling and morphology alongside word reading.
Phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension — each with concrete look-fors an observer can verify in a fifteen-minute visit, including phoneme work linked to graphemes.
Oral language development and knowledge-building strands woven into the vocabulary and comprehension domains, reflecting the most current structured literacy research.
LiteracyLens closely aligns with most major science of reading frameworks — including IDA Structured Literacy, the NRP Five Pillars, and Scarborough’s Reading Rope — so every walkthrough reflects the same research your literacy team already trusts.
I used to spend 45 minutes after every walkthrough transcribing notes into a spreadsheet. Now I walk out of the classroom and the observation is already organized. I do more walkthroughs because it doesn’t feel like a research project anymore.
We put our whole staff through Science of Reading training last spring. LiteracyLens is how I actually verify it’s showing up in classrooms — not just in sign-in sheets. I can see which teachers made the shift and which ones need another conversation.
I was skeptical because we already had a walkthrough tool. But it doesn’t know what a sound wall is. The first time LiteracyLens flagged three-cueing in one of my classrooms, I understood the difference.
LiteracyLens powers informal instructional walkthroughs and coaching conversations. Many schools use it alongside their formal teacher evaluation system to confirm training is showing up in classrooms.
3 walkthroughs free. Building License from $599/year unlocks unlimited observations.