What it does

Wayground now includes a highlighter tool inside the question-taking experience. When your students are working through a passage or reading a question, they can highlight key text right on screen, the same way they would on a state test.

This brings Wayground in line with state testing platforms like STAAR, CAASPP, and PARCC, which have included on-screen highlighters for years. Your students get to build the habit of marking up text in the same environment where they'll be assessed.

How it works

1. Assign or host a resource that includes passage-based or text-heavy questions

2. When your students open a question, the highlighter tool is available on screen

3. Students select any text and highlight it to mark key details, evidence, or important phrasing

4. Highlights stay visible as they work through the question and can be removed at any time

Example in action

Your 6th grade ELA class is working through a reading comprehension assessment. One of your students reads a long passage and needs to find textual evidence for their answer. Instead of trying to hold everything in their head, they use the highlighter to mark the relevant sentences. The same strategy they'll use on their state reading test. You get a cleaner picture of their comprehension, and they get real practice with a tool they'll see again on test day.