American Reading Company (ARC) Core
Overview
Focus
Specific Skills
- General reading ability
Program Length
School year
Program Description
"ARC Core® is a K–12 high-quality curriculum, available in English & Spanish, and is designed to accelerate learning, dramatically improving outcomes for both students and teachers." 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 2/5 for grades 6-8.
Visit Program WebsiteDemographics & Delivery
Intended Population
- Core
Grade
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- High School
Intended Group Size
- Classroom
ELL/DLL
- Partial
Multisensory Applications
- Unspecified
Computer-Based Delivery
- Partial
Scripted
- Instructor Scripted
Program Specifics
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 & Evaluation
Research Summary
The only research located by the NeMTSS research team was a doctoral dissertation. This study did not find any statistically significant differences in impact on reading scores between ARC and another reading program.
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)
- No studies met inclusion requirements
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
- Insufficient evidence
