NSF-Funded Research
ESSA Tier 3 & 4
Dept. of Education
NIH Validated💳 ESA / Voucher Eligible
Tutoring works better when students keep reading between lessons. BuddyBooks gives students structured oral reading practice at home — so they come back more prepared, and you spend less time catching up.
🔒 Free pilot for qualified tutors & educational therapists
NSF-Funded Research ESSA Tier 3 & 4 Dept. of Education NIH ValidatedYou're delivering excellent instruction — but what happens between your sessions can undermine everything.
Without structure, students skip practice at home. By the time they sit back down with you, skills have faded — and you're spending the first 15 minutes just catching up.
Did they practice? Did they struggle? Which words tripped them up? Without visibility into at-home practice, you're guessing where to start every session.
Re-teaching last week's concepts instead of building on them limits how fast students can progress. Every minute of catch-up is a minute not spent moving forward.
From NSF-funded research and ESSA-certified independent studies.
See how structured home practice transforms what's possible in every session.
| With BuddyBooks | Without BuddyBooks |
|---|---|
| ✓ Full session-by-session data before you meet | ✗ No visibility into home practice |
| ✓ Students practice 3× more — and come back ready | ✗ Students arrive unprepared; skills fade between sessions |
| ✓ Jump straight into new instruction from minute one | ✗ First 10 minutes spent catching up |
| ✓ Families follow a simple, guided daily routine | ✗ Families unsure how to support at home |
| ✓ Avg. +1.2 grade reading levels in one semester | ✗ Progress feels slow and hard to measure |
| ✓ Shareable progress reports families love | ✗ No proof of impact to share with parents |
BuddyBooks fits naturally into your workflow — students practice independently at home, and you walk into every session already knowing exactly what happened.
Pick a level-appropriate title from our library that matches your student's current instructional level and tutoring goals.
BuddyBooks and the student alternate sentences, helping the student where they struggle. BuddyBooks listens as the student reads, offers audio support when they get stuck, and keeps the session on track — no parent expertise required.
Accuracy, fluency, words missed, time spent — all recorded automatically. Every stumble and breakthrough points directly to where your student needs more targeted instruction, so you walk in knowing exactly where to focus.
Open your Teacher Dashboard before the session. See exactly what happened, which words tripped them up, and where to focus your instruction today.
Tutors and educational therapists from two dyslexia-focused schools share what BuddyBooks has changed in their practice. Click any topic to jump straight to that moment.
"BuddyBooks bridges the gap — students keep practicing between lessons, and I see measurable gains that didn't happen before."
Designed with input from tutors and educational therapists from the start.
BuddyBooks replaces vague "read 20 minutes a night" homework with a structured, leveled, guided daily reading session — the kind that actually extends your instruction.
Walk into every session already knowing exactly what happened at home — how often they practiced, how accurately they read, and what problems they had.
BuddyBooks isn't just another app — it's a research-validated tool with independent certification from the nation's leading educational evaluation bodies.
BuddyBooks supports MTSS Tiers 1, 2, and 3 by helping students read more consistently between sessions.
Strengthens core instruction by increasing daily reading participation and building consistent at-home reading habits for all students.
Supports students who need more practice with targeted guided reading between sessions, tracked and visible to you before every lesson.
Reinforces more intensive, individualized reading support with session-by-session data that helps you pinpoint exactly where to intervene.
Join the Tutor Starter Pilot — free for qualified tutors and educational therapists. We review applications to ensure every pilot participant gets the support they need to see real results.
BuddyBooks Certified Specialist: Tutors and therapists who complete the BuddyBooks Tutor Starter Pilot and implementation steps may be eligible for a BuddyBooks Certified Specialist designation. It's another way to show families that you use a structured, research-backed approach to support reading practice between lessons. Ask us how to qualify when we speak.