Georgia & the Science of Reading
From Dyslexia to Securing Early Literacy Gains in Georgia
With EPS Learning’s science of reading-aligned solutions, every student in Georgia, including those with dyslexia, can become successful readers!
Built for the Realities of Georgia Classrooms
Georgia educators are being asked to do more. They screen every K–3 student for characteristics of dyslexia, train in the science of reading, and close persistent reading gaps, often with less time and more students in the room. EPS Learning solutions are built for those realities, delivering structured literacy that works the way Georgia classrooms actually run.
Less Planning, More Teaching
Soft-scripted lessons take the heavy lift off teachers, cutting prep time so educators spend less time planning and more time delivering instruction that moves the needle.
Implementation That Fits the School Day
Designed for real Georgia schedules, including tight middle-school block schedules. Focused, manageable sessions let schools deliver structured literacy intervention without overhauling the day.
Teacher-Directed, Not Tech-Dependent
Every lesson is teacher-led and grounded in the science of reading and Orton-Gillingham methodology. Instruction stays human-driven with minimal screen time, while supporting Tier II, Tier III, special education, and dyslexia intervention.
Aligned to Georgia's Early Literacy Act
Georgia's Early Literacy Act requires K–3 screening for characteristics of dyslexia and reading proficiency. Many of our solutions correlate to the new Georgia ELA standards and provide the structured, evidence-based intervention students need once those needs are identified.
"Reading Assistant has been a valuable tool for both our universal reading screening and targeted reading intervention. Throughout the school year, we saw meaningful student growth, with the percentage of students identified in the “Catch Up” category decreasing from 29% at the beginning of the year to 22% at the end of the year. We appreciate EPS Learning's commitment to partnering with districts to improve literacy outcomes and are grateful for the support they have provided to Brooks County Schools."
—Staci Chastain, Director of PreK and K-5 Curriculum, Brooks County School District, Georgia
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 of their academic career: before the decoding threshold, as they build foundational skills, and beyond it, as they strengthen fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Science of Reading Solutions
SPIRE Up
Tiers 2 & 3 | Grades K–8+
CODIE Finalist | ESSA Level 3
SPIRE Up is a next-generation, blended literacy intervention that seamlessly integrates teacher-led instruction with online practice and embedded assessment. It builds foundational skills to move students toward reading for knowledge, while giving teachers actionable insights and support to make every intervention minute count.
SPIRE 4th Edition
Tiers 2 & 3 | Grades PreK–8+
ESSA Level 1
Leverages science of reading principles to deliver intensive, structured, multisensory instruction for PreK–8+ nonreaders, striving readers, and students with dyslexia. With SPIRE Foundations: Sounds Sensible® as a foundational level, the program supports every stage of reading development.
SPIRE Next
Tiers 2 & 3 | Grades 3–12
ESSA Level 4
Strengthens the reading comprehension skills of grade 3–12 students and moves them toward grade-level using direct reading instruction and scaffolded practice. Three close-read opportunities within each lesson build student comprehension; literary or genre skills; and critical thinking.
Reading Accelerator
Tier 2 | Grades 3–5 and 6–8
ESSA Level 3
Advance striving middle school students quickly toward grade level reading with a science of reading-aligned program that covers all five pillars and includes an AI-driven digital Reading Assistant.
Megawords
Tier 2 | Grades 4–12
Designed as a Tier 2 intervention, Megawords supports students who have moved beyond foundational decoding but are not yet performing at grade level in reading and language proficiency.
Wordly Wise 3000
Tiers 1 & 2 | Grades K–12
ESSA Level 4
Builds essential vocabulary skills for students in grades K–12 through research-based, direct academic instruction. Robust activities and differentiated instruction empower students to have successful encounters with grade-level vocabulary.
Literacy Intervention Insights for Georgia Educators
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ON-DEMAND WEBINAR: Decoding and Understanding: How Knowledge and Oral Language Drive Comprehension for Striving Readers
Natalie Wexler explains why background knowledge and oral language are essential for comprehension—and why decoding alone isn’t enough for reading success.
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR: Are Your Students Receiving the Right Kind of Reading Intervention?
Learn why identifying which students have yet to cross the decoding threshold can make a critical difference in meeting the needs of every striving reader and helping all students progress as readers and learners.
FREE RESOURCE: Decoding Threshold Quick Check
The Decoding Threshold Quick Check is a two-part tool designed to quickly identify students who may need support with phonics and decoding skills to improve reading fluency and comprehension.
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR: Helping Secondary Readers Advance: From Intervention to Independence
Learn how structured literacy intervention supports secondary special education and multilingual learners in building reading confidence and academic independence.
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.
SPIRE Up
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.
EPS Reading Accelerator
Grades 3–5 & 6–8
Accelerate progress toward the decoding threshold with targeted phonics and decoding instruction for elementary and middle school readers.
SPIRE Next
Grades 3–12
Strengthen reading comprehension skills with explicit instruction, close reading strategies, and scaffolded practice to build confidence and skill.
Megawords
Grades 4–12
Unlock comprehension, expand vocabulary, and increase fluency through focused intervention in decoding, encoding, and morphology.
Georgia Resources
SPIRE Correlation to LETRS
Georgia Correlation to SPIRE Up
Georgia Correlation to Reading Accelerator
Questions Georgia Districts Are Asking
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The Science of Reading is the body of research on how students learn to read, including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. EPS Learning delivers this through structured literacy: explicit, systematic, teacher-directed instruction across all five pillars. Programs like SPIRE 4th Edition and SPIRE Up give Georgia teachers a research-based path from foundational decoding to comprehension.
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Many Georgia middle school students arrive still working on phonics and decoding, and they need intervention that respects their age. Reading Accelerator is built for exactly these older striving readers, closing foundational literacy gaps with targeted, age-appropriate reading remediation that helps students catch up quickly. Because it meets students where they are without feeling like a program made for younger children, it keeps them engaged while they build the decoding and comprehension skills they missed.
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Strong writing grows from the same structured literacy foundation as strong reading, with explicit instruction that connects decoding to encoding. SPIRE Up builds these skills directly into every lesson through sentence writing, sentence dictation, and explicit grammar skills and tips, so students practice spelling, sentence construction, and written expression as part of their reading intervention. This gives Georgia teachers a systematic way to strengthen writing alongside phonics, decoding, and comprehension.
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Time is tight in every Georgia classroom, so EPS Learning programs are built to fit real schedules. SPIRE Up, for example, delivers a complete intensive reading intervention lesson in about 30 minutes of teacher-directed instruction, with no 45 to 60 minute block required. Because lessons are semi-scripted, teachers spend their time teaching instead of planning.
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EPS Learning offers a full suite of structured literacy programs aligned to the Science of Reading for Georgia schools. These include SPIRE 4th Edition and SPIRE Up for intensive, multisensory reading intervention, SPIRE Next for close reading and comprehension, Reading Accelerator for closing foundational literacy gaps, Megawords for multisyllabic decoding and spelling, and Wordly Wise 3000 for vocabulary. Together they help schools support readers at every stage, from early foundational skills through secondary intervention.
