More states are addressing dyslexia—and recognizing SPIRE

• Grades: K–3

SPIRE, including seven levels of instruction, is approved and recommended for reading intervention and/or dyslexia-specific intervention as providing direct and explicit teacher-led instruction, being grounded in current research in the science of teaching reading, and best meeting the requirements of the Alabama Literacy Act.

• Grades: K–3

SPIRE reading intervention together with SPIRE Foundations: Sounds Sensible (SPIRE Pre-Level 1) provide explicit, systematic, multisensory literacy instruction for striving readers, students with learning disabilities including dyslexia, English Language Learners, and Special Education, and meet all criteria for ESSA-level evidence.

• Grades: K–12

SPIRE, including seven levels of instruction, is approved literacy curriculum programs for both dyslexia and reading intervention.

• Grades: K–3

SPIRE, including seven levels of instruction, is on the Advisory List of Instruction Programming as an approved intervention program identified through the READ Act Instructional Programming Review Process. The READ Act requires the Colorado Department of Education to identify quality reading instructional programs for optional use by local education agencies.

• Grades: K–3

The SPIRE Initial Placement Assessment is on Indiana Department of Education's list of approved dyslexia diagnostic assessments. The approval helps ensure students across the state are screened in a fair and trustworthy way that provides clear flags for learning characteristics related to dyslexia.

• Grades: K–12

SPIRE, including seven levels of instruction, is on the Kansas State Department of Education list of approved programs that meet ESSA and K.S.A 72-5153 (d) requirements to support evidence-based practices for at-risk programs and instructions.

• Grades: 3-8

Louisiana Believes recognizes SPIRE, including seven levels of instruction, as Tier 1, its highest rating of quality for a Foundation of Reading Intensive Intervention program.

• Grades: K-12

• RTI/MTSS Tiers: Tiers 2 or 3

SPIRE, including seven levels of instruction, was reviewed and approved by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) for evidence-based academic interventions that address the academic needs for students in Tier 2 or Tier 3.

• Grades: K-8

SPIRE, including seven levels of instruction, is on the New Mexico Public Education Department adopted list of K–8 English Language Arts, Spanish Language Arts, English Language Development, and World Languages Instructional Materials; and the program is found on the adopted list of K-2 Structured Literacy Multiple List Recommendations.

• Grades: PreK-12

SPIRE and SPIRE Foundations: Sounds Sensible (SPIRE Pre-Level 1) provide explicit, systematic, multisensory literacy instruction that addresses all five pillars of reading. These easy-to-implement, science of reading-aligned programs meet Ohio Department of Education & Workforce criteria for evidence-based reading intervention.

• Grades: K-5

• RTI/MTSS Tiers: Tier 3

SPIRE, including seven levels of instruction, is approved by the Oklahoma Department of Education as a K–5 reading intervention program under the Reading Sufficiency Act (RSA).

• Grades: K–8

SPIRE reading intervention includes seven levels of explicit, structured literacy instruction on phonemic awareness and phonics, starting with Pre-Level 1 (SPIRE Foundations: Sounds Sensible) and moving into SPIRE Levels 1–6.

• Grades: K–5

The Virginia Board of Education has approved SPIRE, including seven levels of instruction, as an intervention program that meets the requirements of the Virgina Literacy Act (VLA). This approval resulted from a rigorous evaluation of instructional programs for alignment with evidence-based literacy instruction (EBLI), science-based reading research (SBRR), and the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL).