Criticism
The Institute of Education Sciences examined data and concluded that the Wilson Reading Program was found to have positive effects on alphabetics but "no discernable effects on fluency or comprehension." Moreover, no studies that met their standards with or without standards met general reading achievement.
The program is noted for serving only a small subset of a student population and ineffective in a resource room setting.
A Johns Hopkins study determined the evidence supporting the program was "insufficient."
The program has been noted as a "brilliantly marketed program with many promises and scant research to show it works."
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