With Reading Quest, the instructional focus is on reading and comprehension, while the content is built around the science and social studies curricula of grades 6–8. It's a program designed to meet the varied needs and interests of students and teachers.
 

For Students Engaging content-area books that are written on or below level Powerful images and graphic features that support and extend the text Explicit instructions and practice strategies for reading and writing informational text Scaffolding strategies to help students build background on the topic and set a purpose for reading

For Teachers Two different instructional models for each student—one for reading and one for building concept knowledge A menu of mini-lessons to help support the comprehension of story ideas, text features, vocabulary, text structures, writing, and more Discussion questions at varied cognitive levels Observation-based and formal assessment opportunities