28. The software program of claim 21, said method further comprising the step of: displaying a rating of the student's efficiency in selecting the correct answers to clues for the current target word, after the answers to all the clues to the current target word have been displayed, said rating being standardized so that the rating is comparable to ratings attained by the student for other target words.
28. The software program of claim 21, said method further comprising the step of: displaying a rating of the student's efficiency in selecting the correct answers to clues for the current target word, after the answers to all the clues to the current target word have been displayed, said rating being standardized so that the rating is comparable to ratings attained by the student for other target words. 30. The software program of claim 28 wherein a choice of quitting or continuing is offered to the student as part of said rating display, said method further comprising the steps of: displaying a score card for all target words completed by the student out of a series of words having the same level and category as the current target word, said score card including cumulative performance data for said words, if the student chooses to quit; and providing the student an opportunity to select a new series of words or to review the current series of words or to quit as part of the score card display.