Program Description

ARC Core® is a high-quality curriculum designed to build strong knowledge and literacy in both English and Spanish for K-12 students. According to EdReport’s Science of Reading Snapshot, this program addresses 5/5 foundational literacy components for grades K-2, 4/5 for grades 3-5, and 0/5 for grades 6-8.

Cost

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Intended Population

• Core

Grade

• Elementary School
• Middle School
• High School

Intended Group Size

• Classroom

ELL/DLL

• Full

Multisensory Applications

• Unspecified

Delivery Method

• Hybrid / blended delivery

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Comprehensive

Placement Tests

• Unspecified

Accelerated Learning

• Unspecified

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Yes

Error Correction Built In

• Unspecified

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

A literature review identified a doctoral dissertation examining the ARC Core curriculum, which found no statistically significant differences in reading scores between ARC and a comparison reading program. However, the study is not peer-reviewed and therefore does not meet the criteria for inclusion in our rating.

Study Citations

Cerf, K. A. (2018). Impact of the American Reading Company Series in a mid-atlantic school district (Doctoral dissertation, Wilmington University, 2018). Ann Arbor, MI: Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company.

Evidence Base (ESSA)

• Strong

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Insufficient evidence

Additional Reviews

• https://www.edreports.org/reports/overview/arc-american-reading-company-core-2017