Developing Critical Thinking Skills for Effective Reading is hands on instructional software for improving reading comprehension for ages 10 and up.

Reading Comprehension Booster and Read and Respond Punch are the newest of Merit Software's Reading Skills programs. These programs help students increase and utilize their reading skills.

Fraction Shape-Up is a comprehensive program designed to develop a students understanding of fractions and their application.

Children's reading, writing and math skills improve using Merit Software programs.

Merit Software is pleased to announce that Media & Methods Magazine has chosen Essay Punch as one of the best educational resources of 2003.

April 2002 study of fourth graders in New Jersey's Middletown Township School District, using Writing Fitness and Perfect Copy outperformed the control group by 12.91%.

Vocabulary Stretch is a self-paced improvement program that helps students develop their vocabulary skills, recognize words in different contexts, and understand where many English words come from.

Pre-Algebra Shape-Up and Basic Algebra Shape-Up's key features include pre-tests, post-tests, and frequent places where students may print-out work.

is a self-paced improvement program that helps students develop their basic paragraph-writing skills.

Consulants at the Marshall University Graduate College in South Charleston, West Virginia led a scientifically based research evaluation of the impact of using Merit Software's reading and language arts programs with middle school students. The students who used the software

The California Learning Resource Network (CLRN) has just cited two more Merit Software reading comprehension programs as resources for 3rd-5th grade students.

and teachers.

The Journal of Research on Technology in Education publishes study showing that Merit reading comprehension software boosts test scores.

Early Reading Booster, Merit Software's new program for beginning readers, provides visual and interactive reading comprehension lessons developed for second and third grade students.

New Merit Software resources for English language learners and ESL instructors.

Merit Software resources for paragraph writing.

Merit Software is offering a free update to the Teacher Program Manager Version 8.1.

New Merit Software essay writing resource.

Merit Software resources for middle school math.

Merit Software's new Vocabulary Super Stretch program, included in the Language Arts Bundle for College Prep, enriches vocabulary for students in the upper grades through multiple interactive exercises.