Starting college without knowing your reading level is like showing up to a test you haven't studied for. This free checklist walks you through exactly what college reading programs expect — so you can identify your gaps and walk in confident.
College Reading Fast Track: Built for Real Students - Not Just Test-Prep Machines
Build the Reading Skills You Need for Placement Tests and College Success
A step-by-step program that helps students build the reading, vocabulary, and comprehension skills needed to succeed in college courses with greater confidence.
Created by Dr. Stephanie West, Ed.D., a college reading professor and developmental reading specialist with 25+ years of teaching underprepared college students.
As a college reading professor at Mesa Community College, I spent years working with students who arrived on campus with reading scores below 68% on their reading placement exams — capable students who had simply never been shown how to handle college-level reading. By the time they finished my Reading Development Class, that same group was averaging 87% on assignments and 89% on assessments, and only 1% dropped out during their first two years of college.
What I saw over and over wasn't a student problem. It was a preparation gap. Most students are fully capable of succeeding in college, but they were never taught the specific reading strategies and study habits that make dense college material manageable.
That is why I created College Reading Fast-Track. I took the same core strategies I used with my Mesa students — the ones that moved scores from below 68% into the high 80s — and built them into a self-paced program high school students can work through before they ever set foot in a placement test or a college classroom. The goal is simple: help you walk into college already knowing how to read like a college student, so you feel confident on placement and entrance tests and in the reading you'll encounter throughout your program.
“For the first time, reading instruction finally made sense to me.
I understand what I am doing when I read instead of guessing.”
— Mesa Community College Student, Arizona
“The reading instruction was clear and structured,
and it is helping me feel more confident in my reading abilities.”
— Mesa Community College Student, Arizona
Module 1 focuses on active reading skills for college-level reading. Students learn to read more strategically, track how ideas are organized, identify the main point, use context clues to understand unfamiliar words, and strengthen their reading comprehension of longer academic texts.
Includes: 143 Slides, 9 Lessons, and
7 Auto-Graded Quizzes.
Individual Module $19
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Module 2 focuses on inference, tone, and critical reading skills for college-level texts. Students learn how to identify implied meaning, make evidence-based inferences, analyze tone and author’s purpose, and recognize how language shapes meaning, bias, and perspective in academic reading.
Includes: 177 Slides, 9 Lessons, and
7 Auto-Graded Quizzes.
Individual Module $19
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Module 3 focuses on evaluating arguments and reasoning in college-level texts. Students learn to identify claims and supporting reasons, assess the strength of evidence, analyze cause-and-effect reasoning, compare viewpoints, and recognize flawed reasoning and faulty logic in academic reading.
Includes: 172 Slides, 9 Lessons, and
7 Auto-Graded Quizzes.
Individual Module $19
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Module 4 focuses on reading longer college-level texts across academic subjects and visual formats. Students learn how to interpret technical language in context, analyze charts and tables, track main ideas and supporting details across longer passages, evaluate claims and sources, and combine information with greater accuracy and confidence.
Includes: 144 Slides, 8 Lessons, and
6 Auto-Graded Quizzes.
Individual Module $19
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The Readiness Module focuses on the college study skills, academic habits, and practical routines students need for success. Students learn how to take effective notes, plan study time around reading, prepare for lectures, understand course expectations, communicate professionally, and build the organization and confidence needed for college coursework.
Includes: 75 Slides, 6 Lessons, along with a College Readiness Action Plan.
Individual Module $12
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Enroll in the full College Reading Fast-Track program for $72, or 2 payments of $36, and get instant access to all 5 modules. This self-paced college reading program helps students build the reading strategies, comprehension skills, academic vocabulary, and study habits needed for placement tests, entrance reading exams, and college-level coursework. Each module is designed to help students become more confident, prepared, and successful readers in college.
What You Get with Instant Access
✔ Five self-paced modules designed to build college reading skills step by step
✔ Clear instructions in active reading, vocabulary, comprehension, and critical reading
✔ Practical strategies you can use on placement tests and in college courses
✔ Guided learning that helps you read longer, more complex texts with confidence
✔ Secure checkout and immediate access to begin right away
Start today and build the reading skills and confidence you need for college success.
Secure checkout. Instant access is delivered immediately after purchase.
These courses are accessed and completed through the
ThriveCart LMS platform.
Sometimes students need more than a self-paced program — they need direct, personalized support from someone who knows exactly where they are struggling and how to help them move forward.
I offer one-on-one reading tutoring via Zoom for students who are preparing for the Accuplacer or EdReady, working to improve their college reading skills, or looking for targeted support in their first-year college coursework.
Sessions are focused, practical, and tailored to each student's specific needs.
Tutoring Options
Single Session — $80
3-Session Package — $210 (save $30)
5-Session Package — $325 (save $75)
All sessions are held via Zoom and scheduled at a time that works for you.
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