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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
    52
  • Struggling Readers
    55
  • English Learners
    9
ESSA Evidence Rating
  • Strong
    68
  • Moderate
    17
  • Promising
    26
Grade
  • PreK, K
    32
  • 1 - 2
    53
  • 3 - 6
    50
  • Middle School
    22
  • High School
    14
Community
  • Not Specified
    9
  • Rural
    41
  • Suburban
    40
  • Urban
    83
Groups
  • Free and Reduced Price Meals
    93
  • Special Education
    32
  • African American
    73
  • Asian American/Pacific Islander
    11
  • English Learners
    58
  • Hispanic
    77
  • Native American
    1
  • White
    76
Features
  • Cooperative Learning
    18
  • English Learners
    8
  • Family Engagement
    12
  • Metacognitive Strategies
    22
  • Professional Development
    49
  • Response to Intervention/Special Education
    6
  • Technology
    37
  • Textbook/Curriculum
    17
  • Tutoring
    27
  • Whole-School Reform
    7
Reading Edge — Whole Class

6 – 8

A structured, engaging cooperative learning approach emphasizing metacognitive skills

Strong
Sound Partners — English Learners

K – 1

One-to-one tutoring by paraprofessionals

Strong
Lexia PowerUp Literacy

6-8

Blended learning program that promotes literacy among struggling and non-proficient adolescent readers through online student-driven instruction and offline teacher-delivered lessons and activities

Strong
Strategic Instruction Model (SIM)

6 – 10

A family of programs emphasizing step-by-step strategies

Strong
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
Future Forward Literacy — Struggling Readers

K – 3

An early literacy intervention that integrates one-on-one tutoring and family engagement.

Strong
Positive Action – Reading

2-8

Whole-school reform emphasizing climate and social-emotional skills

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
Lexia® Core5® Reading Program – Struggling Readers

K-5

Blended learning program that promotes literacy for students in grades preK-5 via online student-driven instruction and offline teacher-delivered lessons and activities

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

4 – 5

Web-based reading comprehension program for nonfiction

Strong