Students/Staff
Parents
Reading
Understands what the author meant.
GRADES 1–8 · READING + WRITING · DUAL-TEACHER
Most parents notice reading and writing six months before the SAT. Smart parents start in Grade 1.
A grade ahead in reading and writing, and the lead holds, year over year. By middle school, they're writing at the top of the class. By high school, college essays write themselves.
Five disciplines. One program. Not à la carte.
Writing
Writes with a voice that's theirs.
Language
Sentences that work. Every time.
Vocabulary
The word they didn't know yesterday.
Spelling
Every word, the right way.
Three Grade Bands · One Guarantee
Start where your child is.
End the year ahead.
Same curriculum spine, three entry points.
- A reader who reaches for books
- Paragraphs that hold one idea
- Spelling that doesn't need autocorrect
- Competition-grade vocabulary
- Essays the teacher reads aloud
- Reading two grades ahead, measurably
- Argument that holds across pages
- PSAT-verbal muscle, ready
- Honors placement on day one
The 8-Year ELA Roadmap
From your child's first paragraph to Advanced Placement English Lang.
Four milestones. Eight years of compounding. What your child reads and writes this week shows up at the Grade 9 honors placement.
+7 Months
The first paragraph they're proud of.
+14 Months
Reading independently. Writing with voice.
Grade 8
A writing portfolio worth showing.
Grade 9
Honors-track ready on day 1.
The One Skill AI Can't Replace
AI can write the words. Only your child can decide what they're worth.
ELA at 98thPercentile grows the four things no model can: voice, judgement, leadership, and the emotional intelligence to use them.
The placement test maps every missing skill before class one
The Dual-Teacher Model · Unique to ELA
Your child stops bringing homework doubts home. Two teachers — one to teach, one to clear them.
A Subject-Matter Expert teaches the lesson. A Learning Expert runs a second session the same week, closing every doubt and skill gap before it widens. Revision happens in class, not at your table.
Both specialists assigned at registration
Reads Deeply · Argues in Writing
Your child stops summarising what they read. They start arguing with it — in writing.
Every class opens with a paragraph that has more than one right answer. Texts drawn from STAAR, Common Core, and real literature: the readings that reward reasoning over recall.
Promotion at 90% Mastery
Your child advances a ELA grade only when they score 90%. Not when the calendar says so.
Monthly benchmark tests · Promotion issued on evidence, not attendance · If your child doesn't cross the gate in six months, every dollar back.
90%
The Gate
90% benchmark* Unlocks the next grade . Not before.
Four Students · One Path · Eyes On Your Child
Small enough for you. Large enough for the Protégé Effect.
Research is clear: students learn material more deeply when they teach it back. At 1:1, there is no peer to teach. At 20+, there is no floor to teach it in. 1:4 is the smallest group where the Protégé Effect actually fires — every child gets asked to explain, every class.
NATE Platform
Two classes a week is where ideas land. NATE is where they stick.
The five days between live classes are when ELA actually compounds or quietly falls behind. NATE catches it either way. 15 minutes of Adaptive Homework daily instant feedback, and a dashboard that flags a weakening pattern weeks before it would show up on a school report card.
You Stay the Parent · We Stay the Teacher
Your child's English homework stops becoming your evening. 98thPercentile owns it.
A dedicated Student Success Manager · Need-based 1:1 catch-up classes at no extra fee · Every class recorded.
Step 01 · Done
Register
Two-minute form. Student portal created. Placement test assigned.
Step 02 · Assigned
Success Manager
One named person meets you at registration. Same person through the full journey.
Step 03 · Next
Class One
Scorecard lands. Two weeks of live classes unlock. 50 minutes, 1:4, live.
One named Success Manager from registration through month seven
What Our Students Win — Not What We Promise
Stories from inside the Academy.
Yash
"My daughter started her class with Ms. Prabhleen, and we're really happy with the progress she's made. She enjoys the way lessons are taught and has started using bigger words in daily conversations. It's been great seeing her confidence grow. Thank you, 98ThPercentile."
Narinder P
"The 98thPercentile classes have always been wonderful. My child has always enjoyed them. The fact that they cover different areas of English — vocab, poetry and comprehension — is great. Prabhleen mam makes sure every child participates and enjoys. It's been around a year and she is my son's favourite teacher."
Anjali D
"My teacher is very skilled in teaching and helps her students very well. She uses games to teach each topic and incorporates real-world examples throughout her teaching. It has been really engaging and interactive, and I now want to go to class more. I have improved a lot at ELA in school, and it has helped me a lot. I recommend 98ThPercentile."
This record belongs to the children who read twice and wrote three times. Your child is next.
Every Family Gets
Six things. All in. From day one.
Six things.
All in. From day one.
From the first class your child attends, all six are part of the program.
Live 1:4 ELA classes
2 Classes per week · 50 minutes · Subject-Matter Expert + Learning Expert assigned at registration.
NATE platform
Reading practice, writing reps, vocabulary and spelling between classes.
Recorded lessons
Every live class recorded and posted within 24 hours.
Instant scorecard
Placement-test results delivered the moment your child submits.
Student Success Manager
One named person from registration through the full journey.
Need-based 1:1 catch-up
When a gap shows up, it gets closed — at no extra fee.
Take the ELA Placement Test →
All six on day one. Your child gets everything above — included with every enrollment, no add-ons.
Parent FAQ
The questions you're actually asking.
What is the placement test like?
A Language placement test that starts at your child's grade level and probes both directions, finding gaps below and confirming readiness above. It names exactly where your child stands, before class one.
"Promotion at 90% mastery", does this affect my child's school grade?
No. 90% mastery is the gate inside the 98thPercentile curriculum only, it controls when your child moves to the next ELA module with us, not when they move grades at school.
Is AI writing my child's essays for them?
No. Your child writes every word. NATE's AI grades against a rubric and annotates the essay line by line — where the argument is weak, where the sentence broke, how to rewrite. AI grades. Your child writes.
Can my child still prepare for Spelling Bee and other ELA competitions?
The curriculum builds the foundation — vocabulary, weekly spelling, etymology and roots, and structured writing. We don't run competition coaching inside the class, but before major events we host our own Spelling-Bee-style digital practice rounds so students can rehearse the format and build confidence.
What if my child needs to catch up before they can reach the 90% benchmark?
Need-based 1:1 catch-up is included. If the Learning Expert spots a gap, your child gets a 1:1 session to close it, no extra fee. The 90% is the gate; the 1:1 is the path.
Two weeks of live classes follow. No card required.