Amplify’s comprehensive early literacy suite based on the Science of Reading

Amplify CKLA is the core of our early literacy suite, supporting students through explicit, systematic Tier 1 instruction. Alongside Amplify CKLA, mCLASS® assessment and intervention and Boost Reading personalized learning, complete a tiered system of differentiated instruction. With this system, you can meet the dynamic needs of every student learning to read in your classroom.

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A circular diagram showing a four-step educational cycle: Assess: mCLASS, Instruct: Amplify CKLA, Practice: Boost Reading, and Intervene: mCLASS Intervention, plus benchmark and dyslexia screening.

Building a system of tiered supports

A comprehensive literacy system grounded in the Science of Reading and aligned to a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) provides systematic and differentiated support to all students. This framework uses high-quality data to inform ongoing instructional needs and help educators provide increasing levels of support.

How Amplify CKLA works within the early literacy suite

Amplify CKLA provides core instruction that works cohesively with mCLASS assessment and intervention and Boost Reading personalized learning to integrate tiered support into your literacy instruction.

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Grade 1 beginning of year performance table for students Emma Ashley, Freddie Baldwin, Jon Bell, and Tami Bush, showing composite, LNF, and PSF scores compared to set goals.

mCLASS assessment

mCLASS DIBELSⓇ 8th Edition is a universal and dyslexia screener and progress monitoring tool all in one, assessing the same foundational skills taught in Amplify CKLA and delivering the granular data needed to drive instruction across all tiers. It serves as the primary Student Performance Assessments for Grades K–2 and automatically recommends Amplify CKLA lessons for small groups through CKLA Connect.

Boost Reading personalized learning

Boost Reading is the digital literacy assistant in your classroom, aligning with Amplify CKLA on all foundational skills necessary to learn how to read. It benefits your classroom most during independent time or small group pullout time, reinforcing and extending your core curriculum for remediation and enrichment purposes.

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mCLASS Intervention

mCLASS Intervention is a small-group instruction tool for Tier 2 and Tier 3 reading support that extends Tier 1 instruction by automating data analysis, recommending small groups, and providing 10 days of highly effective, targeted instruction.

An ecosystem for multilingual/English language learners

Amplify’s early literacy programs have integrated supports specifically designed to foster growth in oral language, foundational skills, knowledge building, and writing practice. The entire suite is designed to meet the needs of all learners, including multilingual/English learners (ML/ELs), with evidence-based instruction.

Amplify K-5 educational materials for multilingual learners, featuring illustrations of diverse children in learning environments and the text “Supporting multilingual and English learners.”
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Instruct with Amplify Caminos

Amplify Caminos is a K–5 Spanish language arts curriculum that helps teachers inspire students as they become confident readers, writers, and thinkers in Spanish. The program combines authentic Spanish instruction for rich content knowledge and systematic foundational skills that is grounded in the Science of Reading

Together, Amplify Caminos and Amplify CKLA provide students with a core instruction in Spanish and English across a range of instructional models.

Practice with Boost Lectura

Boost Lectura offers personalized learning that accelerates Spanish literacy for K–2 students, grounded in the Science of Reading. Using captivating storylines and the latest research on Spanish literacy development, Boost Lectura engages students in powerful digital reading instruction.

When used with Boost Reading, the two programs develop English and Spanish proficiency in grades K–2 and provide teachers with data insights on student’s skills progression in both languages.

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A tablet screen showing a literacy exercise for the word “húmedo,” with segments “/hú/”, “/me/”, and “/do/” mapped to a grid.

Assess with mCLASS Lectura

mCLASS Lectura is a universal screener for K–6 built on modern Spanish literacy research. It helps educators accelerate reading growth for Spanish-speaking students by delivering complete parity between English and Spanish reading assessments. 

With mCLASS Lectura and mCLASS DIBELS 8th Edition, teachers can assess and understand where their students are in their English and Spanish literacy development in Grades K–6.