Breakthroughs helps students master the essentials of math and problem-solving, sharpens critical-thinking skills for social studies, science, and reading, and develops effective writing skills. Pre- and Post-Tests accurately diagnose skill levels and assess mastery. Evaluation Charts correlated to the chapters to help identify areas for additional study and practice. Answer Keys allow students to check their own work for immediate feedback.

Breakthroughs helps students master the essentials of math and problem-solving, sharpens critical-thinking skills for social studies, science, and reading, and develops effective writing skills.

The Breakthroughs series improves students' content -area reading skills while building valuable problem solving proficiency. Breakthroughs in Critical Reading helps students learn to understand what they read by identifying the main idea and details, summarizing and paraphrasing, recognizing the organization of ideas, and more.

The former National Director of Education for Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics. presents his do-it-yourself program for increasing reading speed and boosting comprehension. This program distills fundamental principles and skills chat can be learned at home with the help of the drills and exercises provided. And because it lets readers choose their own materials and set their own pace, it's the ideal method for busy people juggling a full schedule.

Contemporary Critical Reading equips students with the critical reading, writing, thinking, and problem-solving skills essential to understanding and responding to current issues and ideas.