What Experts Say

Sally Shaywitz - Co-Director of the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity

Dr. Sally Shaywitz,
leading reading researcher and Co-Director of the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity

“The 2000 Report of the National Reading Panel established the evidence-based essential elements of effective reading instruction. Yet we have made so little progress toward improving our nation’s reading scores since then.

The Superkids, which incorporates these elements, is a proven, research-based reading program that can make an important difference for American children.

The program’s systematic phonics approach and its explicit development of reading skills, integrated with the language arts, have proven successful with students from a wide range of demographic backgrounds. The Superkids characters, prominent in each lesson, are especially engaging and motivating to children.

Children are only 5 or 6 years old once in their lifetime. We cannot risk teaching students with unproven programs. We now have the scientific knowledge to ensure that every child has the evidence-based instruction necessary to put him or her on the path to becoming a successful reader.

The Superkids program combines the science of reading with the art of teaching to help ensure that our nation’s children, no matter who they are, become successful readers.”