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Our Impact · Grades 2–8

Progress You Can See, Every Term

Cueword is new, so we won't ask you to take our word for it. Every term has two assessments and a live Showcase, and it all comes together in your term reports.

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Live ShowcaseEvery term, your child performs a piece in your presence.
Cueword ReportWith a recommended plan, the same day.
FreeCueword evaluation to start
5 skillsCoached together, in every story
After every classA class summary from the coach
Every termA live Showcase and two term reports
What changes

What Changes for Your Child

The skill school tests but rarely has time to teach.

Cueword coaches all five communication skills together, inside the stories your child picks.

Listening Comprehension

Hearing a story or passage closely, then talking about what happened and why.

Reading Comprehension

Reading closely, finding the evidence, and reading aloud so a listener stays with them.

Speaking

Retelling, explaining and giving a view in full sentences, with the coach and at the Showcase.

Writing

Pieces that describe, explain and persuade, written with a clear point.

Vocabulary

New words met in the story, worked out from the scene, then used in your child's own sentences.

Confidence

The skill that gets your child heard: speaking up, writing with a point, holding the floor.

How we measure progress

Measured, Not Guessed

Set the baseline

The free Cueword evaluation gives an overall score, five skill gauges, three insights, a learning plan and a curriculum placement, the same day.

Follow every class

After every class, the coach sends you a class summary in the Cueword Parent app: the story, the skill and how it went. Your child moves up a level only once they've shown the skill.

Check what's mastered

Twice a term, at mid-term and at the end, an assessment on listening comprehension, reading comprehension and vocabulary shows what's secure in each and what's still developing.

Perform, then report

The term ends in a live Showcase in your presence. Your term reports bring it together: the assessments, the Showcase, your coach's feedback and a plan for next term.

How the free evaluation works →

For parents

What You See as a Parent

You never have to wonder if it's working. Here's what reaches you every term.

Parent Coach Meetings

Two meetings with the coach every term, on progress and what's next.

The Cueword Parent App

Chat with the coach, see the schedule, cancel a class if plans change, and follow your child's progress.

Get Cueword Parent on Google Play →

The Cueword Parent app showing a child's progress
Why 1:1 works

The Research Behind 1:1 Coaching

In 1984, education researcher Benjamin Bloom compared students tutored one-on-one with students taught in a classroom. The tutored students did about two standard deviations better: the average tutored student outperformed about 98% of the classroom group.

Bloom called it the "2 sigma problem". It's why every Cueword class is live and one-on-one.

Live and 1:1

One coach, one child, two live sessions a week.

Same Coach All Term

No time lost re-explaining who your child is or where they got to.

Cue, Don't Tell

The coach asks the right question, so your child works it out and does most of the talking.

A middle-school girl making a point to her coach in a live 1:1 online English class
Free Cueword Evaluation

See Where Your Child Stands Today

A free 50-minute, one-on-one evaluation. It's a dialogue, not a test, and you get the Cueword Report the same day: your child's starting point.

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