DESE+Texthelp®

Every student in Arkansas now has access to three tools from Texthelp® to help increase student achievement in reading and mathematics. For more information on the partnership please visit the Texthelp® landing page or the Texthelp partnership page on this website for more information.

The core of the software suite for Arkansas students. It is a literacy support tool that offers help with everyday tasks like reading text out loud, understanding unfamiliar words, researching assignments and proofing written work.

Equatio is a powerful equation editor that makes it easy to create digital, accessible maths. It saves time, lowers stress and eliminates frustration. It makes maths and science more accessible and engaging for every student.

uPAR (Universal Protocol for Foundation and Reading) identifies whether students benefit from listening and seeing text using text-to-speech (TTS) to comprehend narrative and informational text.