EPS Learning Library
Research & Efficacy
Explore EPS Learning Research and Efficacy
EPS Learning regularly publishes foundational research on our suite of solutions. Our programs are backed by the industry’s most applicable efficacy research, are aligned with Science of Reading, and are intentionally designed to unlock the potential of each learner. We are committed to following the research as we build and refine programs that embrace and advance best practices. We work tirelessly to support teachers, schools and districts in moving K–12 students forward on their learning journey.
Explore our library of research content, organized by content type and product for background, analysis, and the reasoning behind the positive results our programs achieve.
EPS Reading Assistant
Explode The Code Research
- Explode The Code and Beyond The Code: Research Paper
- Explode The Code and Beyond The Code: California English Language Development Test (CELDT) Overall Results
- Explode The Code and Beyond The Code: California English Language Development Test (CELDT) Reading Results
- Explode The Code and Beyond The Code: California English Language Development Test (CELDT) Writing Results
- Explode The Code and Beyond The Code: California Standards Test (CST) Language Arts Results
- Explode The Code and Beyond The Code: California Standards Test (CST) Language Arts Results San Mateo-Foster City School District, 4th Gr.
- Explode The Code and Beyond The Code: California Standards Test (CST) Language Arts Results San Mateo-Foster City School District, 3rd Gr.
- Explode The Code and Beyond The Code: California Standards Test (CST) Language Arts Results San Mateo-Foster City School District, 5th Gr.
- Explode The Code and Beyond The Code: Outcomes Analysis for Ravenswood City School District, East Palo, Alto, CA
- Explode The Code and Beyond The Code: Outcomes Graphs for Ravenswood City School District, East Palo Alto, CA
Just Write Research
Making Connections Research
Megawords Research
Preventing Academic Failure (PAF) Research
Primary Phonics Research
Recipe for Reading Research
Slingerland Screening Tests Research
SPIRE Research
- SPIRE ESSA Level III Study
- SPIRE: Prevention of Reading Failure
- SPIRE: Structured Literacy White Paper
- Research-Based Overview: SPIRE
- SPIRE: Intensive Reading Intervention: A Comparative Analysis at Second Through Sixth Grades
- SPIRE: Teaching the Disruptive Child to Read: An Evaluation of the SPIRE Reading Program
- Research-Based Overview: SPIRE Foundations: Sounds Sensible
- Research-Based Overview: iSPIRE
- SPIRE Pedagogy Non Grata SPIRE Meta-Analysis
- SPIRE: Effectiveness Report Alton Community Unit School District No. 11, IL
- SPIRE Effectiveness Report, Farmington, NM
- SPIRE Effectiveness Report, Tooele City, UT
- SPIRE Effectiveness Report: Whitehall, OH
- SPIRE Case Study: Baltimore City Schools, MD
- SPIRE Case Study: Corbin ISD, KY
- SPIRE Case Study: Cumberland County Public Schools, NC
- SPIRE Case Study: Everyone Reading, NY
- SPIRE Case Study: Freedom School, MO
- SPIRE Case Study: Grace Miller Elementary, CA
- SPIRE Case Study: Mesa Public Schools, AZ
- SPIRE Case Study: Saraland Elementary School, AL
- SPIRE Case Study: Stilwell Public Schools, OK
Sitton Spelling and Word Skills Research
Touchphonics
Vocabulary from Classical Roots
Wordly Wise Research
Writing Skills Research
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ESSA - Evidence-Based
The evidence of EPS Programs
Research Base
The foundations of EPS Programs
- Prevention of Reading Failure
- Research Paper: Explode The Code
- Research Paper: Just Write
- Research Paper: Making Connections
- Research Paper: Making Connections Intervention (MCI)
- Research Paper: Megawords
- Research Paper: PAF (Preventing Academic Failure)
- Research Paper: Primary Phonics
- Research Paper: Recipe for Reading
- Research Paper: Right Into Reading
- Research Paper: Sitton Spelling & Word Skills
- Research Paper: Slingerland Screening Tests
- Research-Based Overview: SPIRE Foundations Sounds Sensible
- Research-Based Overview: SPIRE
- Research Paper: Touchphonics
- Research Paper: Vocabulary From Classical Roots
- Research Paper: Wordly Wise 3000
- Research Paper: Wordly Wise 3000 Online
- Research Paper: Words Are Wonderful
- Research Paper: Words I Use When I Write
- Research Paper: Writing Skills
Research Proven
The effectiveness of EPS Programs
- LETRS to SPIRE Correlations
- White Paper - SPIRE, A Structured Literacy Program
- Research-Based Overview: SPIRE
- SPIRE Intensive Reading Intervention: A Comparative Analysis at Second Through Sixth Grades
- California English Language Development Test (CELDT) Overall Results
- California English Language Development Test (CELDT) Reading Results
- California English Language Development Test (CELDT) Writing Results
- California Standards Test (CST) Language Arts Results
- California Standards Test (CST) Language Arts Results San Mateo-Foster City School District, 4th Gr.
- California Standards Test (CST) Language Arts Results San Mateo-Foster City School District, 3rd Gr.
- California Standards Test (CST) Language Arts Results San Mateo-Foster City School District, 5th Gr.
- Effectiveness Report: Alton Community Unit School District No. 11, IL
- Effectiveness Report: Whitehall, OH
- Outcomes Analysis for Ravenswood City School District, East Palo, Alto, CA
- Outcomes Graphs for Ravenswood City School District, East Palo Alto, CA
- Teaching the Disruptive Child to Read
- EPS Reading Assistant Impact Research
Success Stories
The implementation results of EPS Programs
- Using Structured Literacy to Improve Reading Proficiency Cumberland County Public Schools, North Carolina
- Thousands of Students Improve Literacy Skills in Arizona’s Largest District, Mesa Public Schools, AZ
- Allen Parish Implements the Science of Reading with SPIRE, Louisiana Public Schools, LA
- Turning Pages: Literacy Intervention in New Mexico, Las Cruces, NM
- SPIRE Helps Hundreds of Struggling Palm Beach Students, Palm Beach County, FL
- Changing Lives with the Science of Reading, Corbin ISD, KY
- The Science of Reading in Action: Corbin ISD, KY