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Empower ALL California Students to Become Successful Readers

With EPS Learning’s science of reading-aligned solutions, every TK–12th grade student in California, including those with dyslexia, can become successful readers!

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"SPIRE was an eye-opening thing for me to see—a curriculum that took all the pieces I wanted to pick and pull, and it was just there for me. The success I had with students using this, was incredible. It gave them structure, consistency, and ownership of their learning."

—Jennifer Gygax, Literacy & Program Specialist, Special Education, NVUSD 

The SPIRE Literacy Suite

The SPIRE Literacy Suite is built on our commitment to partnership—empowering educators with the tools they need to accelerate reading achievement, close learning gaps, and support students at every stage: before the decoding threshold, as they build foundational skills, and beyond it, as they strengthen fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. 

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SPIRE Literacy Suite Solutions in Action in California

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ON-DEMAND WEBINAR: Helping Secondary Readers Advance: From Intervention to Independence

Hear from California educator, Jennifer Gygax, and learn how structured literacy intervention supports secondary special education and multilingual learners in building reading confidence and academic independence. 

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CASE STUDY: How Oakland Unified Boosted Achievement with SPIRE Intervention

Oakland USD needed to expand access to high-quality reading intervention for students with IEPs in response to AB 1369 dyslexia legislation and its goal of having strong third-grade readers. The district sought an easy-to-implement, evidence-based solution for consistent results—and found that SPIRE delivered.

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SUCCESS SNAPSHOT: EPS Reading Accelerator Success in Central Union School District

During the 2024–2025 school year, Central Union School District in Lemoore, CA, implemented EPS Learning’s Reading Accelerator in a 7th grade classroom to support students who had not yet mastered decoding skills. With its structured literacy approach and engaging, age-appropriate content, the program helped students make remarkable gains in oral reading fluency, surpassing expected growth benchmarks in a short period of time.

Solutions That Work

California’s AB 1454 sets a new standard for literacy by funding high‑quality teacher training programs, and ensuring every classroom uses research‑aligned materials grounded in the science of reading.  
 
EPS Learning is uniquely positioned to support these goals through our evidence‑based literacy programs like SPIRE, Reading Accelerator, and our broader science‑of‑reading suite—which provide the structured, research‑validated tools educators need to deliver strong, equitable reading instruction across the state.
View all our solutions from the SPIRE Literacy Suite.

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Tiers 2 & 3 and Special Education

SPIRE 4th Edition

Deliver intensive, Orton-Gillingham-based, multisensory Structured Literacy intervention for beginning and striving readers—including those with dyslexia—using a proven multisensory approach. 

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Tier 3 & Special Education

SPIRE Up

New Intervention Solution: Available Back-to-School 2026 SPIRE Up helps students in grades 2–8 build foundational literacy skills through a flexible, blended model.

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Tier 2

Reading Accelerator

Accelerate progress toward the decoding threshold with targeted phonics and decoding instruction for elementary and middle school readers. 

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Megawords

Unlock comprehension, expand vocabulary, and increase fluency through focused intervention in decoding, encoding, and morphology. 

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Tier 2

SPIRE Next

Strengthen reading comprehension skills with explicit instruction, close reading strategies, and scaffolded practice to build confidence and skill. 

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Tier 1

Readfetti Decodable Readers

Engage students with colorful decodable readers paired with Read Aloud Cards to reinforce decoding skills while enriching background knowledge, vocabulary, and comprehension.  

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Wordly Wise 3000

Expand academic vocabulary and support grade-level reading with direct, explicit instruction in word meanings and usage. 

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SPIRE 4th Edition

ESSA Level 1 | Grades PreK-12 | Tiers 2 & 3

Empower beginning, striving, and dyslexic readers with SPIRE’s intensive, structured, and spiraling curriculum. With systematic 10-step teacher-led lessons and practice, SPIRE addresses all 5 pillars of reading, ensuring measurable gains.

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New Solution Coming Back-to-School 2026 | Grades 2-8

Empower beginning, striving, and dyslexic readers with SPIRE’s intensive, structured, and spiraling curriculum. With systematic 10-step teacher-led lessons and practice, SPIRE addresses all 5 pillars of reading, ensuring measurable gains.

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EPS Reading Accelerator

Grades 3–5 & 6–8

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Accelerate progress toward the decoding threshold with targeted phonics and decoding instruction for elementary and middle school readers. 

SPIRE Next 

Grades 3–12

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Strengthen reading comprehension skills with explicit instruction, close reading strategies, and scaffolded practice to build confidence and skill. 

Megawords 

Grades 4–12

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Unlock comprehension, expand vocabulary, and increase fluency through focused intervention in decoding, encoding, and morphology. 

"I’ve definitely seen a lot of growth, especially in students who came from general education classes where the reading intervention wasn’t effective. SPIRE and Reading Assistant have really made a difference for them."

—Anna Treidler, a teacher at OUSD’s Joaquin Miller Elementary School 

California Resources

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View where SPIRE is making an impact in your state! With over 70 partners in education and growing, SPIRE empowers students to become successful readers.

5 Reasons CA Districts Choose SPIRE

Districts have seen proven results and vast literacy gains in just one year. See what SPIRE can do for your district. 

EPS Reading Assistant: Universal Screener for K-3 Students

Learn what the Early Literacy Assessment includes, plus other advantages of EPS Reading Assistant to empower future readers.

ELD Standards Alignment

See how SPIRE 4th Edition and EPS Reading Accelerator are aligned to California's ELD Standards.

 

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