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· 5 days ago

Buy if you are a K-5 teacher or school running leveled reading — it is classroom-priced, research-backed, and long-tenured. Skip if you are a solo parent, teach above grade 5, or expect a polished mobile app.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~30 public sources: teacher forums, app-store reviews, school district sites, news, and security reports.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

Classroom annual subscription

Not listed in sources reviewed — Learning A-Z quotes per classroom

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • K-5 teachers running leveled reading groups
  • Schools assigning digital reading homework
  • Blended and remote learning classrooms
  • ELL reading practice

Not for

  • Middle and high schools — content tops out at K-5
  • Solo parents wanting cheap per-child pricing
  • Teachers needing printable books — that is Reading A-Z, sold separately
  • Anyone expecting a polished mobile app

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

2015 researcher found student-data security flaws; Learning A-Z emailed teachers about remediation

medium

Per-classroom pricing; no cheap single-child tier surfaced, driving parents to group buys

medium

Kids A-Z mobile app reviews skew negative; expect friction on phones

medium

Quiz failures frustrate some readers — outcomes depend heavily on how teachers deploy it

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Large K-5 digital library of leveled books with student portal
  • Teachers use it to differentiate reading remotely
  • Systematic literature review reports positive reading outcomes
  • Tenured: teachers still say 'Love it!' after 15+ years
  • Holds iKeepSafe privacy certification

Cons

  • App Store reviewers call the Kids A-Z companion app 'useless'
  • Teachers report kids failing lessons and quizzes despite reading
  • Users report occasional service problems
  • Classroom pricing pushes solo parents into Facebook group-buys

Sources & method

- 14 sources - 2015 researcher findings exposed student-data security flaws; company remediated, now publishes a security page and iKeepSafe certification.

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  • 2015 researcher-found security and privacy flaws, NYT investigation of digital education products for schoolchildren; Learning A-Z was later flagged around the Student Privacy Pledge and emailed teachers about the issues. No current vulnerabilities surfaced in sources reviewed.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • Not listed in sources reviewed — Learning A-Z quotes per classroom

    Starting price

  • 14

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Classroom-priced; solo parents resort to group buys
  • Ease of use: 3/5. Teacher portal liked; mobile app panned
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Leveled books, quizzes, recording, reporting, customization
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 3/5. 2015 flaws found; now iKeepSafe certified
  • K-5 Grade levels Digital leveled reading library
  • 2009 In classrooms since Teacher forum threads date to 2009
  • 2,204 Community resources 'raz' teaching activities shared on Wordwall
  • 2015 Security spotlight NYT investigation of edtech student-data security

Pricing

Classroom annual subscription

Not listed in sources reviewed — Learning A-Z quotes per classroom

  • Student access via Kids A-Z portal
  • Teacher assignment and reporting tools

Security

2015 researcher findings exposed student-data security flaws; company remediated, now publishes a security page and iKeepSafe certification.

  • 2015 researcher-found security and privacy flawsNYT investigation of digital education products for schoolchildren; Learning A-Z was later flagged around the Student Privacy Pledge and emailed teachers about the issues. No current vulnerabilities surfaced in sources reviewed.11

Companies that use it

  • Westside Union School District (CA)
  • International School of Denver
  • George White Elementary, Capistrano USD (CA)
  • Dearborn Public Schools (MI)
Full analysis

Based on ~30 public sources: teacher forums, app-store reviews, school district sites, news, and security reports.

Proven K-5 leveled reading library for classrooms; classroom pricing and a clunky app make it wrong for solo parents.

Methodology

Based on ~30 public sources: teacher forums, app-store reviews, school district sites, news, and security reports.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Raz-Kids Review: Learning Approach, Cost & Fitthelearningstandard.org
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  2. Thoughts on Digital Homework — r/kindergartenreddit.com
    review
  3. Kids A-Z — App Store reviewsapps.apple.com
    review
  4. Raz-kids?? Is it worth it? — ProTeacherproteacher.net
    review
  5. Raz-Kids vs BOOKR Classbookrclass.com
    review
  6. A Systematic Literature Review of Raz-Kids in Teaching Readingcahaya-ic.com
    review
  7. Differentiate Reading Remotely Using Raz-Kidsmelissanikohl.com
    review
  8. Facebook group buy for Raz Kidsfacebook.com
    review
  9. Raz-Kids product overview — Learning A-Zlearninga-z.com
    official
  10. Raz-Kids security pageraz-kids.com
    official
  11. Uncovering Security Flaws in Digital Education Products — NYTnytimes.com
    security
  12. Raz-Kids email to teachers — EdTechInfoSecedtechinfosec.wordpress.com
    security
  13. Raz-Kids — iKeepSafeikeepsafe.org
    security
  14. Raz-Plus Milwaukee independent studylearninga-z.com
    official

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