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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
    56
  • English Learners
    10
ESSA Evidence Rating
  • Strong
    68
  • Moderate
    17
  • Promising
    28
Grade
  • PreK, K
    32
  • 1 - 2
    55
  • 3 - 6
    51
  • Middle School
    23
  • High School
    15
Community
  • Not Specified
    9
  • Rural
    41
  • Suburban
    41
  • Urban
    84
Groups
  • Free and Reduced Price Meals
    94
  • Special Education
    33
  • African American
    74
  • Asian American/Pacific Islander
    11
  • English Learners
    60
  • Hispanic
    79
  • Native American
    1
  • White
    77
Features
  • Cooperative Learning
    18
  • English Learners
    9
  • Family Engagement
    12
  • Metacognitive Strategies
    22
  • Professional Development
    49
  • Response to Intervention/Special Education
    6
  • Technology
    39
  • Textbook/Curriculum
    17
  • Tutoring
    28
  • Whole-School Reform
    7
Spell Read

3, 5

Remedial approach emphasizing phonics and fluency

Strong
Reading Partners

2 – 5

One-to-one tutoring by volunteers

Strong
Acuity — Reading

3 – 6

Benchmark assessments to predict state test scores

Strong
Corrective Reading — Elementary

3, 5

Scripted and structured remedial lessons

Strong
Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI)

1 – 6

Teacher training program with scripted direct instruction to use for struggling readers

Strong
Wilson Reading System®

3, 5

Complete reading approach using multisensory model

Strong
Read, Write, and Type!

1

Computer-assisted one-to-three tutoring

Strong
Start Making a Reader Today (SMART)

1-2

One-to-one tutoring by trained volunteers

Strong
Phonological Awareness Deluxe Package

K

The Phonological Awareness Deluxe Package includes everything teachers need to build phonological awareness in their PK-1st Grade students through explicit, systemic instruction.

Moderate
Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) — Struggling Readers

2 – 6

Students work in cooperative teams to learn comprehension and writing

Moderate
95 Phonics Lesson Library

1, 4-5

A targeted phonics intervention

Moderate
Reading Go! (Formerly Reading Rescue)

1

One-to-one tutoring

Moderate
Early Steps

1

One-to-one tutoring

Moderate
Magnetic Reading Foundations

2

A foundational skills reading program that provides explicit, systematic instruction that moves K–2 students from foundational skills to reading fluency.

Moderate
SIPPS® (Systematic Instruction in Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Sight Words)

1-2

A foundational skills program providing a structured-literacy approach to new and struggling readers.

Moderate