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Research has shown that high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) grounded in the science of reading play a critical role in supporting students’ reading success.

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Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA)

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

Grade:   PreK, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA)

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Amplify
2020, 2022

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

MOWR K-3 List:   Yes

Grade:   PreK, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Components of Reading:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • All Components Met

Format:   Online (website/app), in-person, blended/hybrid

Format:  

Online (website/app), in-person, blended/hybrid

Group Size:   Whole group, small group

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group

Evidence Source(s):  

Visit Website  

State List

  • Alaska
  • Arkansas
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Indiana
  • Louisiana
  • Massachusetts
  • Nebraska
  • New Mexico
  • Ohio
  • Tennessee
  • Utah
  • Virginia

Notes for Consideration

Study provided by pubisher was K only

Review comments: strongly recommend utilizing an additional supplemental for advance PA support, such as adding, deleting, and substituting phonemes.

ARC Core®

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1*

ESSA Rating:   Strong

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Background/Core Knowledge

ARC Core®

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American Reading Company
2017

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1*

ESSA Rating:   Strong

MOWR K-3 List:   Yes

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Components of Reading:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Handwriting

Format:   In-person

Format:  

In-person

Group Size:   Whole group, small group

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group

Evidence Source(s):  

Evidence for ESSA  

State List

  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Hawaii
  • Massachusetts
  • Nebraska
  • Ohio

Notes for Consideration

*Tier One rating is for Letter Naming Fluency in Kindergarten Only

Benchmark Advance

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting

Benchmark Advance

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Benchmark Education Company
2022

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

MOWR K-3 List:   No

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Components of Reading:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Background/Core Knowledge

Format:   Online (website/app), in-person

Format:  

Online (website/app), in-person

Group Size:   Whole group, small group

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group

Evidence Source(s):  

Publisher Website  

State List

  • Alaska
  • Arkansas
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Massachusetts
  • Nebraska
  • Ohio
  • Tennessee

Bookworms K-5 Reading and Writing

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Bookworms K-5 Reading and Writing

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Open Up Resources
2019

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

MOWR K-3 List:   Yes

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Components of Reading:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • All Components Met

Format:   Online (website/app), in-person, blended/hybrid

Format:  

Online (website/app), in-person, blended/hybrid

Group Size:   Whole group, small group

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group

Evidence Source(s):  

Qualifying study not found on ESSA clearinghouse websites.

State List

  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Georgia
  • Louisiana

Notes for Consideration

Publisher website note on ESSA evidence requirement: Bookworms meets the ESSA requirements for an evidence-based intervention. A USDOE Innovative Approaches to Literacy grant included a strong theory argument that the curriculum’s reliance on empirically-validated routines (repeated reading, reading comprehension strategy instruction, sentence combining, teaching students to write for a variety of purposes, and phonological awareness training with alphabet knowledge) was consistent with Institute for Education Sciences Practice Guides and with single-study review in the What Works Clearinghouse.

Open Up EL Education K-5 Language Arts

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Open Up EL Education K-5 Language Arts

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Open Up Resources
2017

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

MOWR K-3 List:   Yes

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Components of Reading:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • All Components Met

Format:   Online (website/app), In-person, blended/hybrid

Format:  

Online (website/app), In-person, blended/hybrid

Group Size:   Whole group, small group

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group

Evidence Source(s):  

Qualifying study not found on ESSA clearinghouse websites.

State List

  • Colorado (K-2)
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Hawaii
  • Louisiana
  • Massachusetts
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • New Mexico
  • Ohio

Notes for Consideration

ADE gives an ESSA rating of Tier 2.

Study done for K-2 only.

Imagine Learning EL Education

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Imagine Learning EL Education

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Imagine Learning
2019

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

MOWR K-3 List:   Yes

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Components of Reading:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • All Components Met

Format:   Online (website/app)

Format:  

Online (website/app)

Group Size:   Whole group, small group

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group

Evidence Source(s):  

Qualifying study not found on ESSA clearinghouse websites.

State List

  • Colorado (K-2)
  • Delaware
  • Hawaii
  • Louisiana
  • New Mexico
  • Ohio
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia

Notes for Consideration

Aligned to AZ ELA Standards

Journeys

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Strong

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting

Journeys

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
2017

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Strong

MOWR K-3 List:   No

No efficacy study or response from vendor provided.

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Components of Reading:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Background/Core Knowledge

Format:   Online (website/app), in-person

Format:  

Online (website/app), in-person

Group Size:   Whole group, small group, one-on-one

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group, one-on-one

Evidence Source(s):  

Evidence for ESSA  

Notes for Consideration

Tier One for grades K-2

myView Literacy

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting

myView Literacy

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Savvas Learning Company
2020

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

MOWR K-3 List:   Yes

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Components of Reading:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Background/Core Knowledge

Format:   Online (website/app), in-person

Format:  

Online (website/app), in-person

Group Size:   Whole group, small group

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group

Evidence Source(s):  

Publisher Website  

State List

  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Florida
  • Louisiana
  • Massachusetts
  • Mississippi
  • New Mexico
  • Ohio

Open Court Reading

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting

Open Court Reading

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McGraw Hill
2016, 2023

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

MOWR K-3 List:   Yes

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Components of Reading:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Background/Core Knowledge

Format:   In-person

Format:  

In-person

Group Size:   Whole group, small group

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group

Evidence Source(s):  

Publisher Website  

State List

  • Alaska
  • Arkansas
  • Colorado (K-3)
  • Connecticut

Reach for Reading

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Strong

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting

Reach for Reading

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National Geographic Learning (Cengage)
2016

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Strong

MOWR K-3 List:   Yes

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Components of Reading:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Background/Core Knowledge

Format:   Online (website/app), in-person, blended/hybrid

Format:  

Online (website/app), in-person, blended/hybrid

Group Size:   Whole group, small group, one-on-one

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group, one-on-one

Evidence Source(s):  

Evidence for ESSA  

Notes for Consideration

Tier One rating applies to grade 3

Success for All: Beginning Reading

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Strong

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling

Success for All: Beginning Reading

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Success for All Foundation
2016

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Strong

MOWR K-3 List:   Yes

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Components of Reading:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Handwriting
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Format:   In-person

Format:  

In-person

Group Size:   Whole group, small group, one-on-one

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group, one-on-one

Evidence Source(s):  

What Works Clearinghouse  

Notes for Consideration

ESSA – Strong – rating for Aphabetics ONLY

ESSA – Moderate – rating for Fluency ONLY

The Superkids Reading Program (2017)

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

Grade:   K, 1, 2

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting

The Superkids Reading Program (2017)

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Zaner Bloser
2017

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

MOWR K-3 List:   No

No efficacy study or response from vendor provided.

Grade:   K, 1, 2

Components of Reading:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Background/Core Knowledge

Format:   Online (website/app), in-person

Format:  

Online (website/app), in-person

Group Size:   Whole group, small group, one-on-one

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group, one-on-one

Evidence Source(s):  

Qualifying study not found on ESSA clearinghouse websites.

State List

  • Arkansas
  • Colorado (K-2)
  • Oklahoma
  • Utah
  • Virginia