Program Description

"Reading Street Common Core systematically builds skills and establishes a foundation for reading." According to EdReport’s Science of Reading Snapshot, this program addresses 4/5 foundational literacy components for grades K-2, 3/5 for grades 3-5, and 0/5 for grade 6.

Cost

Reading Street Common Core has been retired.

Intended Population

• Any

Grade

• Elementary School
• Middle School

Intended Group Size

• Any

ELL/DLL

• Partial

Multisensory Applications

• No

Computer-Based Delivery

• Partial

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Comprehensive

Placement Tests

• Yes

Accelerated Learning

• Unspecified

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Yes

Error Correction Built In

• Yes

Research Summary

The NEMTSS review of the research on Reading Street found mixed evidence. Literature comissioned by the Reading Street publisher found significant positive effects of the reading program on pre-post implementation measures, but no significant differences between experimental and control groups. Independent studies found small significant gains to no significant differences between groups using Reading Streets and control groups.

Study Citations

Gatti, G., Petrochenkov, K. (2010) Pearson Reading Street Efficacy Study. Gatti Evaluations Inc. Retrieved from: https://www.pearsoned.com/wp-content/uploads/reading-street-efficacy-study-2009-2010_final.pdf

Gatti, G. & Petrochenkov, K. (2011) Pearson Reading Street Evidence of Efficacy. Gatti Evaluations Inc. Retrieved from: https://assets.pearsonglobalschools.com/asset_mgr/current/201620/ReaBro120183RS201Efficacy_V4.pdf

Hicks, J. L.(2010). Third Grade Reading Performance and Teacher Perceptions of the Scott Foresman Reading Street Program in Title I Schools in South Mobile County. Dissertations. 947. https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/947

Wilkerson, S. B., Shannon, L. C., & Herman, T. (2006). The efficacy study on Scott Foresman's Reading Street program: Year one. Retrieved Dec. 18, 2019, from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.183.2515&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Evidence Base (ESSA)

• Qualifying studies found no significant positive outcomes

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Insufficient evidence

Additional Reviews

• https://www.edreports.org/reports/overview/reading-street-common-core-2013