Mission Statement and Goals

BYU-Idaho Reading Center Mission Statement

1. Provide assessment testing for students seeking to improve their reading.
2. Improve basic reading skills through teaching and tutoring.
3. Teach college textbook reading strategies and assist in teaching basic writing skills. 
4. Maintain a comfortable, helpful, and safe environment for international students, and students with reading disabilities and comprehension problems.
5. Train college reading tutors.
6. Support the BYU-Idaho Faculty and Administration.

Current Reading Center Goals are Two-fold

1. Help students master basic reading skills.
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           • Woodcock Mastery test scores indicate that Reading Center students' reading comprehension has improved.
           • Student evaluations of the Reading Center indicate that students are feeling more independent and successful when they read.
2. Supplement Classroom Instruction.   

• Student evaluations indicate that students who come to the Reading Center for help to understand their textbooks are more successful in their classes.
• More students are using the Kurzweil (New computer aided reading assistance) and tutors for help taking tests.
• Faculty referrals have increased. Usually these referrals are made to Red Taylor (Director for Student Disabilities), who then refers students to the Reading Center.