Read Live v4.17 Release Notes

Released November 2025

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What's New in This Release

Read Live version 4.17 includes access to the Phonics/Word Analysis Assessment feature from the Read Live Staff Member Module. It also enhances notifications features in Read Naturally Live, and refines the behavior of some staff module pages. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you see a blank page when opening Read Live after this release, you may need to clear your browser's cache.

Detailed Summary of changes in this release

• The Phonics/Word Analysis Assessment feature already available in student modules is now also accessible from the Student Activity page of the Staff Member Module. To perform an assessment for any student with Read Naturally Live or Word Warm-ups Live access:  
  1. Log into the Staff Member Module. 
  2. Open the Student Activity page. 
  3. Expand the list of applications of the student for whom you want to perform a Phonics/Word Analysis Assessment.
  4. Choose the Phonics/Word Analysis Assessment button to the left of the Change Assignment button. 
• Notifications features in Read Naturally Live have been extended as follows: 
  • The notifications menu in the header of the Read Naturally Live student module, and the red bell icon on the corner of a student's application tile, is now present when: 
    • Periodic Assessment of Fluency timings can be taken by the student; and/or
    • Data Mentor suggestions are present for the student.
  • In the Read Naturally Live Teacher menu, red bell icons appear on the Data Mentor or Periodic Assessment of Fluency buttons when a notification is present for either area. 
• Other refinements have been made in the Staff Member Module, including: 
  • Added search options on the Student Activity page
  • The ability to sort the Application Access page's list by application
• This release also includes bug fixes.