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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:   No

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.

EL Education K-8 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

EL Education K-8 Language Arts

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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, 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

Format:  

Online (website/app), in-person

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

Study done for K-2 only. Not aligned to AZ Standards**

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:   No

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

Disclaimer: It is the responsibility of districts and charters to gather and review information to inform their decisions about what programs will meet their unique needs. LEAs must make certain those programs meet the criteria of the law (ARS 15-704: J1-3). The resources contained in this HQIM tool are not an exhaustive list of scientifically- or evidence-based reading programs. This information is provided as a resource and will be updated annually. Corrections or evidence to support a requested update should be sent to Lori Masseur at lmasseur@readonarizona.org.