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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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Sound Partners

Type:   Intervention, Supplemental

Instructional Use:   Tier 1*, Tier 2, Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Strong

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency

Sound Partners

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Voyager Sopris Learning
2005

Type:   Intervention, Supplemental

Instructional Use:   Tier 1*, Tier 2, Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Strong

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3

Components of Reading:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Format:   In-person

Format:  

In-person

Group Size:   One-on-one

Group Size:  

One-on-one

Evidence Source(s):

Evidence for ESSA

What Works Clearinghouse

Notes for Consideration

*Not considered a comprehensive core program and does not meet legislative requirements for a core program.

ESSA Evidence – Strong evidence for struggling readers and english learners.

ESSA Evidence – Promising evidence in the areas of Comprehension, Fluency, and aplhabetics.

Read 180

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Strong

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

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension

Read 180

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
2013

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Strong

MOWR Intervention List:   Yes

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

Components of Reading:

  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Spelling
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Handwriting
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Format:   Online (website/app), blended/hybrid

Format:  

Online (website/app), blended/hybrid

Group Size:   Small group, one-on-one

Group Size:  

Small group, one-on-one

Evidence Source(s):

What Works Clearinghouse

Voyager Passport

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 2, Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Strong

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension

Voyager Passport

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Voyager Sopris Learning
2020

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 2, Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Strong

MOWR Intervention List:   Yes

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Components of Reading:

  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Format:   Blended/hybrid

Format:  

Blended/hybrid

Group Size:   Small group

Group Size:  

Small group

Evidence Source(s):

Evidence for ESSA

State List

  • Arkansas
  • Colorado

Notes for Consideration

Tier One – Strong evidence is for Voyager Passport Rating; Reading Rangers is included with Passport but not rated

Passport approved for CO list for Phnological & Phonemic Awareness, Phonics & Word Study, and Text Reading Fluency

Waterford Reading Academy

Type:   Intervention, Supplemental

Instructional Use:   Tier 1*, Tier 2, Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Promising

Grade:   PreK, K, 1, 2

Components of Reading:  

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

Waterford Reading Academy

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Waterford
2007

Type:   Intervention, Supplemental

Instructional Use:   Tier 1*, Tier 2, Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Promising

MOWR Intervention List:   Yes

Grade:   PreK, K, 1, 2

Components of Reading:

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

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Vocabulary
  • Handwriting
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Format:   Online (website/app), blended/hybrid

Format:  

Online (website/app), blended/hybrid

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

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group, one-on-one

Evidence Source(s):

What Works Clearinghouse

State List

  • Arkansas
  • Colorado (K-1)

Notes for Consideration

*Not considered a comprehensive core program and does not meet legislative requirements for a core program.

ESSA Rating-Promising for Alphabetics only.

Wilson Reading System®

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Strong

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

Components of Reading:  

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

Wilson Reading System®

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Wilson
2019

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Strong

MOWR Intervention List:   Yes

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

Components of Reading:

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

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Format:   In-person

Format:  

In-person

Group Size:   Small group, one-on-one

Group Size:  

Small group, one-on-one

Evidence Source(s):

Evidence for ESSA

What Works Clearinghouse

State List

  • Colorado

Notes for Consideration

Tier Three for Alphabetics

95 Phonics Core Program

Type:   Supplemental

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

95 Phonics Core Program

95 Percent Group
First Edition

Type:   Supplemental

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

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting
  • Core Knowledge

Format:   In-person

Format:  

In-person

Group Size:   Whole group

Group Size:  

Whole group

Evidence Source(s):

Evidence for ESSA

State List

  • Colorado

Notes for Consideration

Tier one for K-2

Lexia Power Up

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Strong

Grade:   6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Components of Reading:  

  • Word Study
  • Grammar
  • Comprehension

Lexia Power Up

Lexia
2020

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Strong

MOWR Intervention List:   Yes

Grade:   6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Components of Reading:

  • Word Study
  • Grammar
  • Comprehension

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • N/A

Format:   Blended/hybrid

Format:  

Blended/hybrid

Group Size:   One-on-one

Group Size:  

One-on-one

Evidence Source(s):

Evidence for ESSA

World of Words (WOW)

Type:   Supplemental

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Strong

Grade:   PreK

Components of Reading:  

  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Background/Core Knowledge

World of Words (WOW)

World of Words
2023

Type:   Supplemental

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Strong

Grade:   PreK

Components of Reading:

  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • N/A

Format:   In-person

Format:  

In-person

Group Size:   Whole group

Group Size:  

Whole group

Evidence Source(s):

What Works Clearinghouse

Literacy Express

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Strong

Grade:   PreK

Components of Reading:  

  • Oral Language

Literacy Express

Literacy Express
2010

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Strong

Grade:   PreK

Components of Reading:

  • Oral Language

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • N/A

Format:   In-person

Format:  

In-person

Group Size:   Whole group, small group

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group

Evidence Source(s):

What Works Clearinghouse

Doors to Discovery

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Promising

Grade:   PreK

Components of Reading:  

  • Oral Language
  • Print Knowledge

Doors to Discovery

McGraw Hill
2013

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Promising

Grade:   PreK

Components of Reading:

  • Oral Language
  • Print Knowledge

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • N/A

Format:   In-person

Format:  

In-person

Group Size:   Whole group

Group Size:  

Whole group

Evidence Source(s):

What Works Clearinghouse

Notes for Consideration

ESSA Evidence Rating – Moderate for print knowledge.

Bright Beginnings

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Promising

Grade:   PreK

Components of Reading:  

  • Print Knowledge

Bright Beginnings

Bright Beginnings
2013

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Promising

Grade:   PreK

Components of Reading:

  • Print Knowledge

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • N/A

Format:   In-person

Format:  

In-person

Group Size:   Whole group

Group Size:  

Whole group

Evidence Source(s):

What Works Clearinghouse

Notes for Consideration

From WWC: Based in part onf the High/Scope and The Creative Curriculum modesl, with additional emphasis on building early langauge and literacy skills.

Rating for print knowledge only
No rating assigned for oral language and phonological processing

Headsprout Early Reading

Type:   Supplemental

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Promising

Grade:   PreK

Components of Reading:  

  • Oral Language
  • Print Knowledge

Headsprout Early Reading

Headsprout
2009

Type:   Supplemental

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Promising

Grade:   PreK

Components of Reading:

  • Oral Language
  • Print Knowledge

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • N/A

Format:   Online (website/app)

Format:  

Online (website/app)

Group Size:   One-on-One

Group Size:  

One-on-One

Evidence Source(s):

What Works Clearinghouse