41. An article of manufacture, comprising: a computer-usable medium including computer-readable program code means, embodied therein, for causing a computer to perform a data driven method of teaching a student to read, the computer-readable program code means comprising: computer-readable program code means for presenting the student with a whole word recognition test, a partial word recognition test, and/or a word sequence recognition test; computer-readable program code means for inputting a response from the student; computer-readable program code means for determining if the response is correct or incorrect; computer-readable program code means for measuring a response time of the student; computer-readable program code means for providing feedback to the student based on whether the response is correct or incorrect as determined by said computer-readable program code means for determining; computer-readable program code means for calculating student performance based on the response time and whether the response is correct or incorrect; computer-readable program code means for adjusting the difficulty level of the test presented by said computer-readable program code means for presenting based on the student performance; and first computer-readable program code means for iterating the functions performed by said computer-readable program code means for presenting, said computer-readable program code means for inputting, said computer-readable program code means for determining, said computer-readable program code means for providing, said computer-readable program code means for calculating and said computer-readable program code means for adjusting.
42. The article of manufacture according to claim 41, said computer-readable program code means for providing feedback to the student based on whether the response is correct or incorrect as determined by said computer-readable program code means for determining and on the response time measured by said computer-readable program code means for measuring a response time.