Curriculum Review
Oregon Reading First Center:
Review of Supplemental and Intervention Programs
The following report, the Review of Supplemental and Intervention Programs, describes the work of the Oregon Reading First Center, who had a responsibility for conducting a critical review of supplemental and intervention curriculum programs in beginning reading for the first cohort of 34 schools participating in Oregon Reading First.
Full Report
• Download the full Updated Supplemental and Intervention Curriculum Review Report
• Download the Table of Contents for the Updated Supplemental and Intervention Curriculum Review.
Program Item-by-Item Summary by Big Idea (updated 10/18/04):
• Phonemic Awareness Item Analysis
• Phonics Item Analysis
• Fluency Item Analysis
• Vocabulary Item Analysis
• Comprehension Item Analysis
Program Percentage Summary by Big Idea (updated 10/18/04):
• Phonemic Awareness Percentage Summary
• Phonics Percentage Summary
• Fluency Percentage
Individual Supplemental and Intervention Program Reviews
Program Name |
Publisher |
Date Added |
| Accelerated Vocabulary | Renaissance Learning, Inc. | 6/15/04 |
| Alligators to Zucchini | Great Source Education | 6/15/04 |
| Basic Skill Builders | Sopris West | 8/10/04 |
| Bookroom Collection | Benchmark Education | 6/15/04 |
| Breakthrough to Literacy | Wright Group/McGraw-Hill | 8/10/04 |
| Build Up Kit | Benchmark Education | 6/15/04 |
| Build-a-Word Books | Steck Vaughn | 6/15/04 |
| Comprehension Plus | Pearson Learning Group | 6/15/04 |
| Comprehension Strategy Posters | Benchmark Education | 8/10/04 |
| Corrective Reading: Level A | SRA | 9/24/04 |
| Corrective Reading: Levels B1 & B2 | SRA | 9/24/04 |
| Curious George Reading & Phonics | Great Source Education | 6/15/04 |
| Daily Vocabulary | Great Source Education | 6/15/04 |
| Discovery World | Rigby Education | 6/15/04 |
| Dominie Carousel Readers | Dominie Press, Inc. | 8/10/04 |
| Dominie Collection of Aesop's Fables | Dominie Press, Inc. | 6/15/04 |
| Dominie Collection of Myths and Legends | Dominie Press, Inc. | 6/15/04 |
| Dominie Collection of Traditional Tales | Dominie Press, Inc. | 6/15/04 |
| Dominie Factivity Series | Dominie Press, Inc. | 6/15/04 |
| Dominie Habitats of the World | Dominie Press, Inc. | 6/15/04 |
| Dominie Joy Chapter Books | Dominie Press, Inc. | 6/15/04 |
| Dominie Vocabulary Builders | Dominie Press, Inc. | 6/15/04 |
| Dominie World of Animals | Dominie Press, Inc. | 6/15/04 |
| Early Reading Intervention | Scott Foresman | 6/15/04 |
| Early Success | Houghton Mifflin | 6/15/04 |
| Earobics Literacy Launch (Step 1) | Cognitive Concepts | 6/15/04 |
| Earobics Literacy Launch (Step 2) | Cognitive Concepts | 6/15/04 |
| Edmark Reading Program | Riverdeep | 6/15/04 |
| Fast ForWord Bookshelf (Vol. 1 & 2) | Scientific Learning Corporation | 6/15/04 |
| Fast Track Phonics | Success for All | 8/10/04 |
| First Grade PALS | Sopris West | 8/10/04 |
| First Stories | Great Source Education | 6/15/04 |
| Fluency Kit for Independent Practice (1) | Benchmark Education | 6/15/04 |
| Fluency Kit for Independent Practice (2) | Benchmark Education | 6/15/04 |
| Fluent Reader Made EZ | Renaissance Learning, Inc. | 6/15/04 |
| FOCUS: A Reading and Language Program | Plato Learning | 8/10/04 |
| Foundations | Wright Group/McGraw-Hill | 6/15/04 |
| Funnix | Engelmann Becker | 8/10/04 |
| Great Leaps (K-2) | Diarmuid, Inc. | 6/15/04 |
| Great Leaps (3-5) | Diarmuid, Inc. | 6/15/04 |
| Guided Reading: Story Box | Wright Group/McGraw-Hill | 6/15/04 |
| Guided Reading: Sunshine | Wright Group/McGraw-Hill | 6/15/04 |
| Harcourt Accelerated Reading Instruction | Harcourt Brace | 9/24/04 |
| Headsprout | Headsprout | 6/15/04 |
| High Frequency Words Vocabulary Kit | Benchmark Education | 6/15/04 |
| HOSTS | HOSTS Learning Company | 9/24/04 |
| Images Theme Books | Great Source Education | 6/15/04 |
| Insights: Reading as Thinking | Charlesbridge Publishing | 9/24/04 |
| Jolly Phonics | Jolly Learning, Ltd. | 8/10/04 |
| Kaleidoscope (Level A) | SRA | 6/15/04 |
| Kaleidoscope (Level B) | SRA | 6/15/04 |
| Kid Phonics 1 | Great Source Education | 6/15/04 |
| Kid Phonics 2 | Great Source Education | 6/15/04 |
| KidCentered Learning Toolkit: Alphabet Study | Dominie Press, Inc. | 6/15/04 |
| KidCentered Learning Toolkit: Word Study | Dominie Press, Inc. | 6/15/04 |
| Kindergarten PALS | Sopris West | 8/10/04 |
| Knowledge Box (K-1) | Pearson Digital Learning | 8/10/04 |
| Knowledge Box (2-3) | Pearson Digital Learning | 8/10/04 |
| Ladders to Literacy | Brookes Publishing | 6/15/04 |
| Language! | Sopris West | 6/15/04 |
| Language for Learning | SRA | 6/15/04 |
| Language for Thinking | SRA | 6/15/04 |
| Lexia Strategies for Older Students | SRA | 6/15/04 |
| Little Readers | Great Source Education | 6/15/04 |
| Matchword | Wright Group/McGraw-Hill | 6/15/04 |
| Next Steps | Great Source Education | 6/15/04 |
| Open Court Phonics Kits | SRA | 6/15/04 |
| Orbit Grade 3 Chapter Books | Pacific Learning | 6/15/04 |
| Orbit Grade 3 Collections | Pacific Learning | 6/15/04 |
| Orbit Grade 3 Shared Reading | Pacific Learning | 6/15/04 |
| Pacific Literacy Guided Reading | Pacific Learning | 6/15/04 |
| Pacific Literacy Shared Reading | Pacific Learning | 6/15/4 |
| Pair-It Books | Steck Vaughn | 8/10/04 |
| Phonemic Awareness in Young Children | Brookes Publishing | 6/15/04 |
| Phonics for Reading | Curriculum Associates, Inc. | 8/10/04 |
| Phonics Q | Phonics Q | 6/15/04 |
| PM Plus Readers | Rigby Education | 6/15/04 |
| Primary Phonics | Educator's Publishing Service | 6/15/04 |
| Project READ: Phonics Strand | Project READ | 8/10/04 |
| Quick Reads | Pearson Learning Group | 6/15/04 |
| Quick Reads Technology Edition | Pearson Learning Group | 6/15/04 |
| Read Naturally | Read Naturally | 6/15/04 |
| Read Well K | Sopris West | 6/15/04 |
| Read Well | Sopris West | 6/15/04 |
| Reader's Theater (Kit 1) | Benchmark Education | 6/15/04 |
| Reader's Theater (Kit 2) | Benchmark Education | 6/15/04 |
| Reading Explorers Pathfinders Tutoring Kit | Benchmark Education | 6/15/04 |
| Reading Mastery Classic I | SRA | 6/15/04 |
| Reading Mastery Classic II | SRA | 6/15/04 |
| Reading Mastery Fast Cycle | SRA | 6/15/04 |
| Rewards | Sopris West | 6/15/04 |
| Rigby Focus | Rigby Education | 6/15/04 |
| Road to the Code | Brookes Publishing | 6/15/04 |
| Sails Literacy Series | Rigby Education | 6/15/04 |
| Saxon Phonics and Reading | Saxon Publishers | 8/10/04 |
| Shutterbug Books | Steck Vaughn | 6/15/04 |
| Soar to Success | Houghton Mifflin | 6/15/04 |
| Soliloquy | Soliloquy Learning | 8/10/04 |
| Spalding Writing Road to Reading | Spalding | 8/10/04 |
| Start Up Kit | Benchmark Education | 6/15/04 |
| Storyteller Guided Reading | Wright Group/McGraw-Hill | 6/15/04 |
| Super QAR | Wright Group | 6/15/04 |
| Systematic Instruction in Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Sight Words: Beginning Level | Developmental Studies Center | 8/10/04 |
| Systematic Instruction in Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Sight Words: Extension Level | Developmental Studies Center | 8/10/04 |
| Systematic Instruction in Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Sight Words: Challenge Level | Developmental Studies Center | 8/10/04 |
| Teacher Directed PALS | Sopris West | 8/10/04 |
| The Wright Skills | Wright Group/McGraw-Hill | 6/15/04 |
| TIME for Kids Nonfiction Readers | Teacher Created Materials | 9/24/04 |
| TIME for Kids Exploring Nonfiction in the Content Areas | Teacher Created Materials | 6/15/04 |
| Touchphonics | Educator's Publishing Service | 6/15/04 |
| Vocabulary for Achievement | Great Source Education | 6/15/04 |
| Voyager Extended Day Program | Voyager Expanded Learning | 6/15/04 |
| Voyager Passport | Voyager Expanded Learning | 6/15/04 |
| Voyager Universal Literacy System | Voyager Expanded Learning | 8/10/04 |
| Waterford Early Reading Program | Pearson Digital Learning | 8/10/04 |
| Word Power | Success for All | 8/10/04 |
| Words at Work | Pacific Learning | 6/15/04 |
Publisher Responses to Program Reviews:
The Oregon Curriculum Review Panel has elected to offer publishers an opportunity to respond to the evaluations presented in the Supplemental and Intervention Curriculum Review Report. The following responses were received:
Program Name |
Publisher |
| Fluent Reader | Renaissance Learning, Inc. |
| Soar to Success | Houghton Mifflin |