ESSER III Funding

ESSER III Deadline is Quickly Approaching

The funding allocation deadline for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) III is near. All funds must be obligated by September 30, 2024.

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EPS Learning products aligned with ESSER III

Most EPS Learning products support ESSER III guidelines. We’re here to help you choose the right solutions to meet your students’ needs.

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SPIRE® 4th Edition

PreK–8+ | Tiers 2 & 3

Leverages the Orton-Gillingham approach and science of reading principles to deliver intensive, structured, multisensory instruction for PreK–8+ beginning readers, striving readers, and students with dyslexia. This complete reading intervention program fosters success at every stage of reading development. Available in digital format as iSPIRE.

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EPS Reading Accelerator

Middle School | Tier 2

EPS Reading Accelerator is an evidence-based reading intervention program for striving middle school students, grounded in the science of reading, designed to help students master foundational reading skills in whole-class and Tier 2 intervention group settings.

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EPS Reading Assistant™

K–8 | Tiers 1, 2, & 3

Reading Assistant, an AI-driven tutor, is designed to provide students with adaptive reading practice and intervention to deliver rapid results. Using voice-recognition technology, students read out loud while an interactive avatar assesses and delivers real-time personalized feedback and micro-interventions. By capturing these key data points, educators are empowered with valuable insights into each student’s reading skill progress and mastery. When implemented with fidelity, this is a powerful tool for accelerating reading outcomes.

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SPIRE Foundations: Sounds Sensible®

PreK–4 | Tiers 1, 2, & 3

Provides PreK–4 students with Orton-Gillingham-based, structured literacy instruction in phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, academic vocabulary, and handwriting. Works independently or as the foundational level for SPIRE.

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Decodable Readers

K–8 | Tiers 1, 2, & 3

Reinforce phonics skills and take readers from decoding to fluency and reading comprehension. Our engaging collection of readers build self-confidence as they help K–8 students develop a love for reading.

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Wordly Wise 3000®

K–12 | Tiers 1 & 2

Builds essential vocabulary skills for students in grades K–12 through research-based, direct academic instruction. Robust activities and differentiated instruction empower students to have successful encounters with grade-level vocabulary. Available digitally as Wordly Wise i3000.

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SPIRE Next™

3–12 | Tiers 2 & 3

Strengthens the reading comprehension skills of grade 3–12 students and moves them toward grade-level using direct reading instruction and scaffolded practice. Three close-read opportunities within each lesson build student comprehension, literary or genre skills, and critical thinking.

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Coach Products

1–12 | Tiers 1 & 2

Coach programs provide opportunities for students to practice and hone what they’ve learned in their core curriculum, all while continuing to grow and achieve higher levels of academic proficiency. Coach® provides a variety of programs designed to help all students in grades 1–8 – from striving to on-level to above-level – build on their knowledge, skills, and confidence as they raise their proficiency toward mastery in English language arts and mathematics. Support Coach provides scaffolded direct instruction & practice for striving students; Practice Coach PLUS provides independent practice for on-level students; Performance Coach provides standards-based instruction and essential practice for reinforcement for on and above-level students; and Coach Digital Compass provides digital instruction and practice for all students. Many titles available with alignments to state specific standards.

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Professional Learning

EPS Learning’s support for educators promotes success for students. Our Professional Learning team works collaboratively with your leadership team to provide customized professional learning onsite or online for program implementations and ongoing support for schools, districts, educators, and students.

More ESSER III Approved Products

K–8+ | Tiers 1, 2, & 3

SPIRE® Illustrated Decodable Readers

This extensive library of 120 decodable readers covers topics in science, social studies, and literature. SPIRE® Illustrated Decodable Readers offers multiple reading selections for every concept to allow students to apply new phonics skills to connected text. Students are exposed to a variety of genres including biographies, poetry, Greek myths, science articles, social studies articles, and much more.
PreK–8+ | Tiers 2 & 3

EPS Reading Assistant™ for SPIRE

EPS Reading Assistant for SPIRE provides students with adaptive reading practice to support material being taught in SPIRE, 4th edition. The assistant listens to students as they read out loud, assesses mastery, and delivers personalized tutoring to lock in and accelerate reading gains. Reading Assistant is aligned to the SPIRE scope and sequence, enhances teacher-led instruction, and incorporates SPIRE words, sentences, and reading passages. Sold as an add-on to SPIRE 4th Edition.
K–2 | Tiers 1, 2, & 3

Readfetti Decodable Readers

Readfetti™ Decodable Readers and Read Aloud Cards help K–2 students develop early literacy skills through diverse, multicultural, fiction and nonfiction books with colorful illustrations and photographs. Sequenced by skills, the 42 decodable readers paired with Read Aloud Cards support students’ development of decoding and language comprehension skills that comprise the Simple View of Reading framework.
K–1 | Tier 1

Junior Library Guild Read Aloud Stories with Readfetti Storybook Guides for Teachers

In partnership with Junior Library Guild, Readfetti Storybook Guides for Teachers promote classroom reading and lay the foundation for reading comprehension at a critical point in beginning readers’ literacy development. The stories and lesson plans engage students in classroom read-aloud activities that support teachers in creating a comprehensive approach to reading instruction.
4–12 | Tiers 2 & 3

Megawords

Teach grade 4–12 students the reading, spelling, and contextual uses of multisyllabic words through multisensory instruction and a systematic progression of skills. Megawords includes a placement assessment, checklists, and progress-monitoring tools.
3-8 | Tiers 1 & 2

Coach Digital Compass

Coach Digital Compass® provides instruction and practice for reteaching, reinforcement, and remediation in grades 3–8. The all-in-one standards-based instruction and assessment solution is 100% online. Additional resources are available for grades 1 and 2.
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Appropriate funding use

In 2021, $122.8 billion was allocated under ESSER III for accelerating academic recovery to address learning loss. ESSER III funds can be used for EPS Learning instructional solutions that support:

  • Remediation
  • Acceleration
  • Intervention
  • Assessment
  • Summer Learning

For a deeper dive into ESSER III funding, visit our Move Learning Forward Hub. 

It’s not too late to use your remaining ESSER III funds! How?

  1. Decide how you want to spend the funds – but act quickly. The deadline for obligating ESSER III funds is Sept. 30, 2024.
  2. At least 20% of your ESSER III funding must be spent on “evidenced-based interventions” that address the impact of loss of learning during the pandemic. EPS Learning products meet all the requirements of ESSER funding rules.
  3. LEAs (Local Education Agency) should contact their SEAs (State Education Agency) for specific guidelines on how to secure your ESSER funding. You’ll find this information on your state’s department of education website.
  4. Even if your SEA has already distributed funds to you, your LEA may be entitled to additional ESSER dollars that SEAs may have set aside.
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