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Connecticut's Approved K-3 Reading Curriculum Models or Programs

Public Act No. 21-2 sec. 402 (8c)

Section 10-14ii requires the Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success at the CSDE, in consultation with the Reading Leadership Implementation Council, to review and approve at least five reading curriculum models or programs that must be implemented by all public-school districts effective the 2023–24 school year. 

At this time the PreK curriculum models or programs submitted for review are not found to meet expectations, however, Savvas Learning Company – Three Cheers for Pre-K, (2022) is under review as noted below.

The following K–3 curriculum models or programs, listed in alphabetical order, are approved for use by Connecticut districts until June 30, 2027, as they meet the expectations of the Connecticut 2022 Guidelines for Open Review Period for Grades Pre-Kindergarten to Three Reading Curricula and/or Programs (2022 Guidelines) and scored in the Meets Expectations range by other credible and comprehensive literacy review processes:

  • American Reading Company – ARC Core (K-3), (2020);
  • Amplify Education Inc. – Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA, 2022);
  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Into Reading;
  • Imagine Learning – EL Education Grades K-3, (2017);
  • McGraw Hill Education – Wonders, (2020);
  • Open Up Resources – EL Education, (2017); and
  • Savvas Learning Company – myView Literacy, (2020). 

The following curriculum models or programs are under review. While they scored in the Meets Expectations range on the 25 indicators, they have not been reviewed by any other credible and comprehensive literacy review process:

  • Savvas Learning Company – Three Cheers for Pre-K, (2022); and
  • Schoolwide, Inc. – Fundamentals of Reading, Writing, Grammar, Content Literacy, and Foundational Skills. 
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If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Melissa Wlodarczyk Hickey, Director of the Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success, at SDE.LiteracyCenter@ct.gov.