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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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The Writing Road to Reading Program

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Components of Reading:  

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

The Writing Road to Reading Program

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Spalding Education International
2012

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, 3, 4, 5, 6

Components of Reading:

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

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Format:   In-person, blended/hybrid

Format:  

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-3)

Notes for Consideration

Top 3 ESSA Evidence Tier (when used as the total language arts block (spelling, writing, and reading comprehension) = 120 minutes

Wit & Wisdom Arizona with Fundations® and Geodes

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

Wit & Wisdom Arizona with Fundations® and Geodes

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Great Minds, PBC, Wilson
2021

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:   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):  

Qualifying study not found on ESSA clearinghouse websites.

State List

  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Florida
  • Hawaii
  • Indiana
  • Louisiana
  • Massachusetts
  • Mississippi
  • Ohio
  • Tennessee

Wonders

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

Wonders

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McGraw Hill
2017, 2020, 2023

Type:   Core

Instructional Use:   Tier 1

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

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

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group

Evidence Source(s):  

Qualifying study not found on ESSA clearinghouse websites.

State List

  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Florida (K-5)
  • Hawaii
  • Indiana
  • Louisiana
  • Massachusetts
  • Mississippi
  • New Mexico
  • Oklahoma
  • Ohio
  • Tennessee
  • Utah
  • Virginia

Benchmark Phonics Intervention

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Vocabulary

Benchmark Phonics Intervention

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Benchmark Education Company
2022

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

MOWR K-3 List:   No

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3

Components of Reading:

  • Phonological Awareness
  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Vocabulary

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Fluency
  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting
  • Core Knowledge

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

Format:  

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

Group Size:   Small group, one-on-one

Group Size:  

Small group, one-on-one

Evidence Source(s):  

Qualifying study not found on ESSA clearinghouse websites.

State List

  • Colorado

Corrective Reading

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 2, 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
  • Written and Oral Expression

Corrective Reading

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McGraw Hill
2008

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 2, Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Strong

MOWR K-3 List:   No

Grade:   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, blended/hybrid

Format:  

In-person, blended/hybrid

Group Size:   Whole group, small group

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group

Evidence Source(s):  

Evidence for ESSA   What Works Clearinghouse

State List

  • Colorado

Notes for Consideration

The program has a Tier One rating for Elementary Reading. The program has no rating in the adolescent reading space.

Early Interventions in Reading

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 2, Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Promising

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3

Components of Reading:  

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

Early Interventions in Reading

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McGraw Hill
2012

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 2, Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Promising

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3

Components of Reading:

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

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Vocabulary
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Background/Core Knowledge

Format:   In-person, blended/hybrid

Format:  

In-person, blended/hybrid

Group Size:   Whole group, small group

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group

Evidence Source(s):  

What Works Clearinghouse  

Notes for Consideration

Tier Three rating is for Alphabetics and Comprehension.

Enhanced Core Reading Instruction (ECRI)

Type:   Intervention, Supplemental

Instructional Use:   Tier 1*, Tier 2

ESSA Rating:   Strong

Grade:   K, 1, 2

Components of Reading:  

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

Enhanced Core Reading Instruction (ECRI)

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Center on Teaching and Learning
2013, 2022

Type:   Intervention, Supplemental

Instructional Use:   Tier 1*, Tier 2

ESSA Rating:   Strong

Grade:   K, 1, 2

Components of Reading:

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

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Comprehension
  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • 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):  

Evidence for ESSA  

State List

  • Colorado

Notes for Consideration

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

Primarily a Tier 2 supplemental program

Fast ForWord K12

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 2, Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Promising

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

Fast ForWord K12

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Carnegie Learning
2020

Type:   Intervention

Instructional Use:   Tier 2, Tier 3

ESSA Rating:   Promising

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

Reading Components Not Evident:

  • Written and Oral Expression
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting
  • 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

ESSA Summary-Fast ForWord-Elementary Struggling Readers.

Qualifying studies found no significant positive outcomes for struggling readers.

ESSA Summary-Fast ForWord-Elementary, Whole Class:

Rating: Promising- Tier 3
# of studies: 1
Study Sample Size: 349
Grades focused of study:
Study Demographics: White
Study Literacy Components:?
Study Effect size: 0.25

ESSA Summary-Fast ForWord-Secondary

No studies met inclusion requirements for Fast ForWord in studies addressing secondary readers.

Notes on Overal Tier:
(Elementary Struggling Readers)

Tier Three-Promising Evidence (Elementary Whole Class)

Unknown (Secondary)

Fundations®

Type:   Intervention, Supplemental

Instructional Use:   Tier 1*, Tier 2

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

Grade:   PreK, K, 1, 2, 3

Components of Reading:  

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

Fundations®

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Wilson
2012

Type:   Intervention, Supplemental

Instructional Use:   Tier 1*, Tier 2

ESSA Rating:   Unknown

Grade:   PreK, K, 1, 2, 3

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):  

Qualifying study not found on ESSA clearinghouse websites.

State List

  • Indiana
  • Massachusetts
  • Mississippi

Notes for Consideration

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

Headsprout

Type:   Intervention, Supplemental

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

ESSA Rating:   Promising

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Components of Reading:  

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

Headsprout

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Learning A-Z
2020

Type:   Intervention, Supplemental

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

ESSA Rating:   Promising

MOWR K-3 List:   No

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Components of Reading:

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

Reading Components Not Evident:

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

Format:   Blended/hybrid

Format:  

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  

Notes for Consideration

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

Tier Three rating for WWC only in the areas of oral language and print knowledge. ESSA for evidence states program in early reading does not meet inclusion requirements and has no qualify studies for the other grades.

Imagine MyPath

Type:   Intervention

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

ESSA Rating:   Strong

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

Components of Reading:  

  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary

Imagine MyPath

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Imagine Learning
2020

Type:   Intervention

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

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:

  • Phonics: Encoding and Decoding
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary

Reading Components Not Evident:

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

Format:   Online (website/app)

Format:  

Online (website/app)

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

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group, 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.

Formerly Pathblazer

iReady® Assessment and Personalized Instruction

Type:   Intervention, Supplemental

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

ESSA Rating:   Moderate

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Components of Reading:  

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

iReady® Assessment and Personalized Instruction

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Curriculum Associates
2022

Type:   Intervention, Supplemental

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

ESSA Rating:   Moderate

Grade:   K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Components of Reading:

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

Reading Components Not Evident:

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

Format:   Online (website/app)

Format:  

Online (website/app)

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

Group Size:  

Whole group, small group, one-on-one

Evidence Source(s):  

Evidence for ESSA  

State List

  • Arkansas
  • Colorado

Notes for Consideration

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

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.