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Evidence-Based Reading Programs

Find reading programs that match your state, district, school, or classroom needs while meeting the national ESSA evidence standards.

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Programs Designed For
  • Whole Class
    51
  • Struggling Readers
    50
  • English Learners
    9
ESSA Evidence Rating
  • Strong
    49
  • Moderate
    17
  • Promising
    38
Grade
  • PreK, K
    32
  • 1 - 2
    49
  • 3 - 6
    47
  • Middle School
    21
  • High School
    15
Community
  • Not Specified
    8
  • Rural
    36
  • Suburban
    39
  • Urban
    77
Groups
  • Free and Reduced Price Meals
    89
  • Special Education
    32
  • African American
    69
  • Asian American/Pacific Islander
    10
  • English Learners
    58
  • Hispanic
    74
  • Native American
    1
  • White
    70
Features
  • Cooperative Learning
    14
  • English Learners
    9
  • Family Engagement
    10
  • Metacognitive Strategies
    16
  • Professional Development
    42
  • Response to Intervention/Special Education
    6
  • Technology
    37
  • Textbook/Curriculum
    19
  • Tutoring
    25
  • Whole-School Reform
    6
READ 180 – Secondary Reading

6 – 9

Struggling readers receive teacher instruction, computer-assisted instruction, and small-group work

Strong
Content-Focused Coaching — English Learners

4 – 5

Coaching for teachers of English learners on Questioning the Author

Strong
95 Phonics Core Program

K-2

A Tier 1 supplemental phonics program, delivered through a structured literacy approach and added to the daily reading block to prevent reading gaps and improve literacy outcomes.

Strong
SIM: Xtreme Reading — Struggling Readers

6 – 10

a variation of Strategic Instruction Model (SIM)

Strong
ARC Core (Formerly Zoology One)

K

ARC Core® is a K–12 curriculum, available in English & Spanish, designed to accelerate learning and improve outcomes for both students and teachers.

Strong
Literacy First – UT Austin

K-2.

An early literacy tutoring program.

Strong
Strategic Adolescent Reading Intervention (STARI)

6-8

A supplemental, multicomponent reading intervention for adolescents with reading difficulty.

Strong
Intelligent Tutoring for the Structure Strategy (ITSS) – Elementary

4 – 5

Web-based reading comprehension program for nonfiction

Strong
Content-Focused Coaching — Whole Class

4 – 5

Coaching for teachers on Questioning the Author

Strong
Early Literacy and Learning Model/Plus (ELLM/Plus)

PK (3- and 4-year-old children)

Comprehensive preschool curriculum with a literacy focus

Strong
Raz-Plus

K-5

Blended learning literacy program

Strong
Reading Apprenticeship

9 – 12

A family of high school programs designed to improve students’ literacy by integrating metacognitive strategy instruction into content areas

Strong
Early Reading Intervention

K

Supplemental phonics in groups of 3-5

Strong
AARP Foundation Experience Corps Tutoring (Book Buddies)

1 – 3

One-to-one tutoring by senior volunteers

Strong
Achieve3000 — Secondary (TeenBiz3000 and Empower3000)

6, 9

An approach that blends technology with teacher instruction

Strong